Texas A&M Number Theory Seminar
2003-2004

Fall 2003 Schedule

• September 4
  Felipe Voloch (University of Texas)
  Title: Random Diophantine equations   (Abstract)

• September 11
  J. Maurice Rojas (Texas A&M University)
  Title: Dedekind zeta functions and the complexity of Hilbert's Nullstellensatz   (Abstract)

• October 2
  Kirsten Eisenträger (Institute for Advanced Study)
  Title: Hilbert's Tenth Problem for function fields of surfaces over C   (Abstract)

• October 7, 8, 9
  Harold Stark (UC-San Diego)
  Frontiers Lectures, Milner 317, 4:00
  Titles: (Abstracts)
  Oct. 7: A non-Euclidean big bang
  Oct. 8: Graphs and their zeta functions
  Oct. 9: Quadratic fields in the 20th century

• October 16
  Ahmad El-Guindy (University of Wisconsin)
  Title: Weierstrass points on X_0(pM) and supersingular j-invariants   (Abstract)

• October 23
  Marvin Tretkoff (Texas A&M University)
  Title: The classical periods of abelian integrals I   (Abstract)

• October 30, **Milner 317, 4:00 PM**
  Harold Edwards (Courant Institute)
  Title: Continued fractions and the solution of Pell's equation   (Abstract)

• November 6
  Lenny Fukshansky (University of Texas)
  Title: Small zeros of quadratic polynomials   (Abstract)

• November 13
  Marvin Tretkoff (Texas A&M University)
  Title: The classical periods of abelian integrals II   (Abstract)

• November 20, **Milner 317, 4:00 PM**
  Brian Conrey (American Institute of Mathematics)
  Title: Random matrix theory and the Riemann zeta-function   (Abstract)

• December 9, **Tuesday, Milner 317, 4:00 PM**
  Ken Ono (University of Wisconsin)
  Title: Class groups and elliptic curves   (Abstract)

Spring 2004 Schedule

• January 22
  Ryan Daileda (UCLA)
  Title: Zero density of L-functions and extreme class numbers   (Abstract)

• January 29
  Gautam Chinta (Brown University)
  Title: Recent results in multiple Dirichlet series   (Abstract)

• February 5
  Jeffrey Vaaler (University of Texas)
  Title: An ABC inequality of heights of numbers   (Abstract)

• February 26
  Steven Sperber (University of Minnesota & Princeton University)
  Title: On some singular exponential sums   (Abstract)

• March 25
  Marvin Knopp (Temple University)
  Title: On vector valued modular forms   (Abstract)

• April 1
  Paula Cohen (Texas A&M University)
  Title: Hyperbolic distribution problems and indefinite quadratic forms   (Abstract)

• April 8
  Sharon Frechette (College of the Holy Cross)
  Title: Gaussian hypergeometric functions and traces of Hecke operators   (Abstract)

• April 22
  Olav Richter (University of North Texas)
  Title: Rankin-Cohen brackets for modular forms, Jacobi forms, and Siegel modular forms   (Abstract)

• April 29
  David Penniston (Furman University)
  Title: The arithmetic of p-regular partition functions   (Abstract)