Joint IAS/PU Number Theory

We will discuss an inductive approach to determining the asymptotic number of G-extensions of a number field with bounded discriminant, and outline the proof of Malle's conjecture in numerous new cases. This talk will include discussions of several...

Bass Note Spectra of Binary Forms

Giorgos Kotsovolis

In the 1940s Mahler initiated the program of determining the bass note spectrum Spec(P):={infx⎯⎯∈Λ∖0⎯⎯∣∣P(x⎯⎯)∣∣,Λ⊂ℝk a unimodular lattice} for some homogeneous form P. Understanding this spectrum is central in the geometry of numbers and offers a...

We ask the question, “how does the infinite q-Pochhammer symbol transform under modular transformations?” and connect the answer to that question to the Stark conjectures. The infinite q-Pochhammer symbol transforms by a generalized factor of...