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Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Oct
03
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Motivic correlators and locally symmetric spaces
1:30pm|S-101

According to Langlands, pure motives are related to a certain class of automorphic representations.Can one see mixed motives in the automorphic set-up? For examples, can one see periods of mixed motives in entirely automorphic terms? The goal of...

Oct
10
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Transfer operators for (relative) functoriality "beyond endoscopy" I
1:45pm|West Building Lecture Hall

"Beyond endoscopy", broadly interpreted, is the idea that functoriality should be realized as a comparison between stable trace formulas. The nature of this comparison, however, remains completely unclear.Broadening our scope to include the relative...

Oct
17
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Transfer operators for (relative) functoriality "beyond endoscopy" II
3:15pm|S-101

"Beyond endoscopy", broadly interpreted, is the idea that functoriality should be realized as a comparison between stable trace formulas. The nature of this comparison, however, remains completely unclear.Broadening our scope to include the relative...

Oct
24
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Cohomology of arithmetic groups and Eisenstein series - an introduction
10:00am|Physics Library, Bloomberg Hall 201

I intend to cover some basic questions and material regarding the phenomena in the cohomology of an arithmetic group "at infinity" when the corresponding locally symmetric space originating with an algebraic $k$-group $G$ of positive $k$-rank is non...

Oct
24
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Motivic correlators and locally symmetric spaces II
1:45pm|S-101

According to Langlands, pure motives are related to a certain class of automorphic representations.Can one see mixed motives in the automorphic set-up? For examples, can one see periods of mixed motives in entirely automorphic terms? The goal of...

Oct
31
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Cohomology of arithmetic groups and Eisenstein series - an introduction (continued)
10:00am|Physics Library, Bloomberg Hall 201

I intend to cover some basic questions and material regarding the phenomena in the cohomology of an arithmetic group "at infinity" when the corresponding locally symmetric space originating with an algebraic $k$-group $G$ of positive $k$-rank is non...

Oct
31
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Motivic correlators and locally symmetric spaces III
1:45pm|S-101

According to Langlands, pure motives are related to a certain class of automorphic representations.Can one see mixed motives in the automorphic set-up? For examples, can one see periods of mixed motives in entirely automorphic terms? The goal of...

Nov
14
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

A remark on cohomology of locally symmetric spaces
10:00am|Dilworth Room

Let $H = G/K$ be a symmetric space and $X = \Gamma \backslash H$ its locally symmetric quotient. An important problem is to understand the cohomology of the space $X$ (or, more or less equivalent, cohomology of the group $\Gamma$). The idea is that...

Nov
14
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Automorphic forms and motivic cohomology I
1:45pm|S-101

In the lectures I will formulate a conjecture asserting that there is a hidden action of certain motivic cohomology groups on the cohomology of arithmetic groups. One can construct this action, tensored with $\mathbb C$, using differential forms...

Nov
21
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Automorphic forms and motivic cohomology II
1:45pm|S-101

In the lectures I will formulate a conjecture asserting that there is a hidden action of certain motivic cohomology groups on the cohomology of arithmetic groups. One can construct this action, tensored with $\mathbb C$, using differential forms...

Nov
28
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Automorphic forms and motivic cohomology III
1:45pm|S-101

In the lectures I will formulate a conjecture asserting that there is a hidden action of certain motivic cohomology groups on the cohomology of arithmetic groups. One can construct this action, tensored with $\mathbb C$, using differential forms...

Dec
05
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Motivic correlators and locally symmetric spaces IV
1:45pm|S-101

According to Langlands, pure motives are related to a certain class of automorphic representations.Can one see mixed motives in the automorphic set-up? For examples, can one see periods of mixed motives in entirely automorphic terms? The goal of...

Dec
12
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Derived deformation rings for group representations
Søren Galatius
10:00am|Physics Library, Bloomberg Hall 201

It is well known that an irreducible representation of a group $G$ over a field $k$ admits a universal deformation to a representation over a complete Noetherian local ring, provided that it is absolutely irreducible, i.e. remains irreducible after...

Dec
12
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Transfer operators between relative trace formulas in rank one
1:45pm|S-101

I will introduce a new paradigm for comparing relative trace formulas, in order to prove instances of (relative) functoriality and relations between periods of automorphic forms.More precisely, for a spherical variety $X=H\backslash G$ of rank one...

Dec
19
2017

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Transfer operators between relative trace formulas in rank one II
1:45pm|S-101

I will introduce a new paradigm for comparing relative trace formulas, in order to prove instances of (relative) functoriality and relations between periods of automorphic forms.More precisely, for a spherical variety $X=H\backslash G$ of rank one...

Jan
16
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Working group on microlocal analysis and automorphic forms
10:00am|Physics Library, Bloomberg Hall 201

This will be an informal working group on aspects of microlocal analysis that are relevant to automorphic forms. We will try to study Archimedean zeta integrals (which are related to local L-functions) using tools from the geometric theory of...

Jan
16
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Modular symbols and arithmetic
1:45pm|S-101

In these lectures, we will explore what insight can be gained into the arithmetic of Galois representations in a given dimension through the geometry of a higher-dimensional locally symmetric space near a boundary component. The starting point for...

Jan
23
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Modular symbols and arithmetic
1:45pm|S-101

In these lectures, we will explore what insight can be gained into the arithmetic of Galois representations in a given dimension through the geometry of a higher-dimensional locally symmetric space near a boundary component. The starting point for...

Jan
30
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Introduction to spherical varieties (1)
10:00am

I will give a brief introduction to spherical varieties. With a view towards understanding the geometry of the moment map, I'll talk about the local structure theorem for spherical varieties. More concretely, if X is a spherical G-variety and B a...

Jan
30
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Modular symbols and arithmetic
1:45pm|S-101

In these lectures, we will explore what insight can be gained into the arithmetic of Galois representations in a given dimension through the geometry of a higher-dimensional locally symmetric space near a boundary component. The starting point for...

Feb
06
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Moment map for spherical varieties (after F. Knop)
10:00am

We will discuss Knop's paper "The asymptotic behavior of invariant collective motion" which analyzes the moment map for a spherical variety and relates it to a Weyl group.

Feb
13
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Moment map for spherical varieties (after F. Knop)
Michał Zydor/Yiannis Sakellaridis
10:00am|Dilworth Room

Conclusion of last week's talk (Michał); overview of where we are and discussion of relation with representation theory and L-functions (Yiannis).

Feb
13
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

The Ngô action via geometric Satake
David Ben Zvi
1:45pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will explain an application of the geometric Satake correspondence (in its derived form due to Bezrukavnikov-Finkelberg) to the study of differential operators on $G$-spaces (for $G$ complex reductive) and its classical version, the study of...

Feb
20
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Local to global relations of periods
Erez Lapid
1:45pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Rankin-Selberg integrals provide factorization of certain period integrals into local counterparts. Other, more elusive, periods can be studied in principle by the relative trace formula and other methods.

Following Waldspurger, Ichino-Ikeda...

Feb
27
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Invariant differential operators on spherical varieties (continued)
Jonathan Wang
10:00am|Dilworth Room

I will discuss Knop's paper generalizing Harish-Chandra's isomorphism for the center of the universal enveloping algebra to the setting of spherical varieties. Here the center is replaced by the algebra of invariant differential operators. The idea...

Feb
27
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Local to global relations of periods (continued)
Erez Lapid
1:45pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Rankin-Selberg integrals provide factorization of certain period integrals into local counterparts. Other, more elusive, periods can be studied in principle by the relative trace formula and other methods.

Following Waldspurger, Ichino-Ikeda...

Mar
13
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Concentration properties of automorphic forms and spherical varieties
10:00am|Dilworth Room

I will talk about some global questions on the concentration properties of automorphic forms that seem to be a natural environment in which to examine the interplay between the geometry and spectrum of spherical varieties, L-functions, and...

Mar
13
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Period mappings are definable in the o-minimal structure $mathbb{R}_{an,exp}$
Jacob Tsimerman
1:45pm|Simonyi Hall 101

(joint w. Ben Bakker) Period spaces are quotients of period domains by arithmetic groups that parametrize hodge structures. These are typically complex-analytic orbifolds, but in most cases cannot be equipped with an algebraic structure. As a...

Mar
13
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Bounds for character twists of L-functions
Paul Nelson
3:15pm|Simonyi Hall 101

The problem of bounding character twists of low-rank L-functions has been attacked using a variety techniques, including delta methods and analysis of period integral representations. I'll discuss this problem, emphasizing joint work with Roman...

Mar
20
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Concentration properties of automorphic forms and spherical varieties (continued)
10:00am|Dilworth Room

I will talk about some global questions on the concentration properties of automorphic forms that seem to be a natural environment in which to examine the interplay between the geometry and spectrum of spherical varieties, L-functions, and...

Mar
20
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Semiclassical analysis, amplification, and subconvexity
Simon Marshall
1:45pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will discuss an approach to the subconvexity problem for L-functions based on period integral formulae and amplification. In particular, I will describe work in progress with Ruixiang Zhang that attempts to prove a subconvex bound for the central...

Mar
27
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Analytic aspects of Arthur's trace formula
Tobias Finis
1:45pm|Simonyi Hall 101

We will present an introduction to Arthur's trace formula from an analytic point of view. After recalling Arthur's regularization procedure, we will review the absolute convergence and continuity of the trace formula for a large natural class of...

Mar
29
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Kirillov theory and its applications
10:00am|Simonyi Hall 101

An orbit method (or Kirillov method) on compact $p$-adic groups establishes a one-to-one correspondence between irreducible representations and coadjoint orbits of dual blobs. After briefly recalling Howe’s Kirillov theory, we discuss its...

Apr
03
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Kirillov theory and its applications (continued).
10:00am|Dilworth Room

An orbit method (or Kirillov method) on compact $p$-adic groups establishes a one-to-one correspondence between irreducible representations and coadjoint orbits of dual blobs. After briefly recalling Howe’s Kirillov theory, we discuss its...

May
08
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Eigenfunctions and random waves on locally symmetric spaces in the Benjamini-Schramm limit
Nicolas Bergeron
1:45pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will consider the asymptotic behavior of Laplacian eigenfunctions on a locally symmetric compact manifold as the volume approaches infinity. I will formulate a precise conjecture "à la Berry" and will describe some partial results obtained with...