Previous Conferences & Workshops

Nov
03
2010

Galois Representations and Automorphic Forms Mini-Course

Local-Global Compatibility in the p-Adic Langlands Progra for GL(2) over Q
Matthew Emerton
1:00pm|S-101

I will outline the proof of various cases of the local-global compatibility statement alluded to in the title, and also explain its applications to the Fontaine--Mazur conjecture, and to a conjecture of Kisin.

Nov
02
2010

Galois Representations and Automorphic Forms Mini-Course

Local-Global Compatibility in the p-Adic Langlands Program for GL(2) over Q
Matthew Emerton
2:15pm|West Bldg. Lecture Hall

I will outline the proof of various cases of the local-global compatibility statement alluded to in the title, and also explain its applications to the Fontaine—Mazur conjecture, and to a conjecture of Kisin.

Nov
02
2010

Geometry and Cell Complexes Seminar

The Topology of Restricted Partition Posets
2:00pm|S-101

The d-divisible partition lattice is the collection of all partitions of an n-element set where each block size is divisible by d. Stanley showed that the Mobius function of the d-divisible partition lattice is given (up to a sign) by the number of...

Nov
02
2010

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

3/2 Firefighters Are Not Enough
Rani Hod
11:30am|S-101

The firefighter problem is a monotone dynamic process in graphs that can be viewed as modeling the use of a limited supply of vaccinations to stop the spread of an epidemic. In more detail, a fire spreads through a graph, from burning vertices to...

Nov
02
2010

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Fourier Spectrum of Polynomials Over Finite Fields
10:30am|S-101

Let f(x_1,...,x_n) be a low degree polynomial over F_p. I will prove that there always exists a small set S of variables, such that `most` Fourier coefficients of f contain some variable from the set S. As an application, we will get a derandomized...

Nov
01
2010

Members’ Seminar

Shimura Varieties, Local Models and Geometric Realizations of Langlands Correspondences
2:00pm|S-101

I will introduce Shimura varieties and discuss the role they play in the conjectural relashionship between Galois representations and automorphic forms. I will explain what is meant by a geometric realization of Langlands correspondences, and how...

Nov
01
2010

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

On the Structure of Cubic and Quartic Polynomials
Elad Haramaty
11:15am|S-101

In our work we study the structure of polynomials of degree three and four that have high bias or high Gowers norm, over arbitrary prime fields. In particular we obtain the following results. 1. We give a canonical representation for degree three or...