School of Mathematics

Starting with the "Leibniz" formula for π

π/4=1−1/3+1/5−1/7+…

the special values of Dirichlet L-functions have long been a source of fascination and frustration. From Euler's solution in 1734 of the Basel problem to Apery's proof in 1978 that zeta(3...

Cohen, Lenstra, and Martinet have given highly influential conjectures on the distribution of class groups of number fields, the finite abelian groups that control the factorization in number fields. Malle, using tabulation of class groups of number...

The Higher order Fourier uniformity conjecture asserts that on most short intervals, the Mobius function is asymptotically uniform in the sense of Gowers; in particular, its normalized Fourier coefficients decay to zero.  This conjecture is known to...

What is the densest lattice sphere packing in the d-dimensional Euclidean space? In this talk we will investigate this question as dimension d goes to infinity and we will focus on the lower bounds for the best packing density, or in other words on...

Discrete subgroups of PSL(2,C) are called Kleinian groups and they are fundamental groups of complete oriented hyperbolic 3-manifolds/orbifolds. Except for countably many conjugacy classes, all Kleinian groups have infinite co-volume in PSL(2, C).

The Mobius function is one of the most important arithmetic functions. There is a vague yet well known principle regarding its randomness properties called the “Mobius randomness law". It basically states that the Mobius function should be...

An inertial manifold is a positively invariant smooth finite-dimensional manifold which contains the global attractor and which attracts the trajectories at a uniform exponential rate. It follows that the infinite-dimensional dynamical system is...

It is conjectured that every Reeb flow on a closed three-manifold has either two, or infinitely many, simple periodic orbits. I will survey what is currently known about this conjecture. Then, I will try to explain some of the key ideas behind...