ArithmeTexas 2005

Texas A&M University
Department of Mathematics
April 2-3, 2005

Scope

ArithmeTexas will be a weekend conference in number theory and related areas. In addition to several invited plenary talks, conference participants are encouraged to present shorter contributed talks.

Conference Schedule

• Schedule of talks
• Schedule of talks with abstracts


• All talks will take place in Blocker 158 (see campus map). The first talk is at 9:00 on Saturday, April 2 (with pastries beforehand). The last talk on Sunday ends at 3:10.

Invited Speakers

Pierre Debes		Université de Lille 1
Doug Hensley		Texas A&M University
Alf van der Poorten		Brown University and Centre for Number Theory Research, Sydney
Joseph Silverman		Brown University

Participants

As of March 28, 2005:



Silvia Adduci		University of Texas-Austin
Marcelo Aguiar		Texas A&M University
William Banks*		University of Missouri
Itshak Borosh		Texas A&M University
Kathrin Bringmann*		University of Wisconsin
Catherine Carroll		Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Sungkon Chang*		University of Georgia
Ian Connell*		McGill University
Ze-Li Dou*		Texas Christian University
Eduardo Duenez		University of Texas-San Antonio
Ahmad El-Guindy*		Texas A&M University
Tamas Erdelyi		Texas A&M University
Paul Feit		University of Texas-Permian Basin
Paul Fili		University of Texas-Austin
Lenny Fukshansky*		Texas A&M University
Todd Geldon		University of Texas-Austin
Jayce Getz*		University of Wisconsin
Jenny Gilmore		Texas A&M University
Rotislav Grigorchuk		Texas A&M University
Gergely Harcos*		University of Texas-Austin
Kimberly Hopkins		University of Texas-Austin
Paul Jenkins*		University of Wisconsin
Lavanya Kannan		Texas A&M University
Emily King		Texas A&M University
Amanda Knecht		Rice University
Dimitrije Kostic		Texas A&M University
Angel Kumchev		University of Texas-Austin
Theodoros Kyriopoulos		Texas A&M University
Matilde Lalin		University of Texas-Austin
Paulo Lima-Filho		Texas A&M University
Ling Long*		Iowa State University
Florian Luca*		Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Syrous Marivani		Louisiana State University Alexandria
Michael Muzheve		Texas A&M University
Gagan Nanda		University of Texas-Austin
Cody Patterson		University of Texas-Austin
Alexander Pekker		University of Texas-Austin
Bogdan Petrenko*		Texas A&M University
Maurice Rahe		Texas A&M University
Chris Rasmussen*		Rice University
Olav Richter		University of North Texas
Adriana Salerno		University of Texas-Austin
Charles Samuels		University of Texas-Austin
Igor Shparlinski*		Macquarie University
Marius Somodi*		University of Northern Iowa
Peter Stiller		Texas A&M University
John Tate		University of Texas-Austin
Jeffrey Vaaler*		University of Texas-Austin
Valentina Vega		Texas A&M University
Felipe Voloch		University of Texas-Austin
Troy Williamson		Texas State Technical College
Brian Winn		Texas A&M University


* = will give contributed talk

Conference Organizers

Paula Cohen		Texas A&M University
Matthew Papanikolas		Texas A&M University

Registration

There is no registration fee, and the meeting is open to the mathematical community.

Please send an e-mail to Matthew Papanikolas (map@math.tamu.edu) at your earliest convenience to register (by March 1 if you would like to give a contributed talk or need accomodations). Include the following information:

• Name, address, affiliation
• Title and abstract for contributed talk (if desired)
• Choice of accomodation (if desired)

Contributed Talks

Conference participants interested in giving a 20 minute contributed talk should submit a title and abstract along with their conference registration by March 1.

Conference Funding

We have limited funds for travel expenses. Priority will go to graduate students and recent Ph.D.'s on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please let us know if you will need funding by March 1.

Accomodations

We have blocked off rooms at the following hotels. Space is limited. Please let us know with your registration if you would like us to reserve a room for you.

• Memorial Student Center ($55-$70/night)
• Vineyard Court ($80/night)
• Hilton Hotel ($80/night)

The Memorial Student Center is on campus. The Vineyard Court and the Hilton are each 1-2 miles from campus.

Travel Information

For driving directions to Texas A&M University, consult the directions on the Department of Mathematics webpage.

There are two primary options for parking:

• The College Station city garage is located at 309 College Main Street; it costs $2/day and is approximately a 5 block walk to Blocker.
• The Northside Parking garage on the Texas A&M campus is located across the street from Blocker but is $10/day.

There is an airport in College Station (CLL) served by American and Continental. Other nearby airports (in the Texas metric) are in Houston (Bush IAH, 90 minutes; Hobby HOU; 100 minutes) and Austin (Austin AUS, 120 minutes). Travel times are approximate by car. There is also a shuttle from Houston-Bush airport to College Station on GroundShuttle.com.

Related Activities

During the week following the conference (April 4-8), Joseph Silverman from Brown University will be giving three lectures in the Texas A&M Mathematics Department Frontiers Lecture Series.