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Temporary wiki for organizing the informal reading groups at the Arithmetic Statistics program at MSRI. Wiki for organizing things at the Arithmetic Statistics program at MSRI.
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== Cohen-Lenstra heuristics == The schedule for the 5-minute talks on January 26 is [[http://math.ucsd.edu/~alina/5min.html|here]].
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 * chair: Bjorn Poonen
 * The first meeting of the reading group will be Tuesday, January 25, 11-12. (Bjorn will be away the preceding week.) It will be in the 2nd floor seminar room if that room is available.
 * Informal reading group on the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics
 * Reading list (in increasing order of sophistication):		 == Seminars ==
 * [[/PostdocSeminar|Postdoc Seminar]]
 . "default" meeting time: Mondays 10 - 10:50
 * [[/MembersSeminar|Members Seminar]]
 . "default" meeting time: Thursdays 10:30 - 11:30 or 11 - 12
 * [[/GraduateSeminar| Graduate Seminar]]
 . "default" meeting time: Monday 2-2:50
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   * MR0750661 Cohen, H. ; Lenstra, H. W., Jr. Heuristics on class groups. Number theory (New York, 1982), 26--36, Lecture Notes in Math., 1052, Springer, Berlin, 1984. == Weekly Meeting Groups ==
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   * MR0756082 (85j:11144) Cohen, H. ; Lenstra, H. W., Jr. Heuristics on class groups of number fields. Number theory, Noordwijkerhout 1983 (Noordwijkerhout, 1983), 33--62, Lecture Notes in Math., 1068, Springer, Berlin, 1984.  * [[/BhargavaShankar|Bhargava-Shankar]]
 . "default" meeting time: Tuesdays 11-12 or 1-2 (see schedule)
 * [[/ExplicitFormula|Explicit formula working group]]
 . "default" meeting time: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30
 * [[/ILS|Low-lying zeros seminar]]
 . "default" meeting time: Wednesdays 1.30 - 2.30
 * [[/ParamodularForms|Paramodular Forms]]
 . "default" meeting time: Thursdays 1:30-2:30
 * [[/QuadraticTwists|Quadratic twists of elliptic curves: 2-Selmer rank]]
 . "default" meeting time: Fridays 11-12
 * [[http://wiki.l-functions.org/MSRI_FRG|FRG on L-functions and modular forms data]]
 . "default" meeting time: Fridays 1:30
 * [[/CohenLenstra|Cohen-Lenstra heuristics]]
 . No longer meeting, merged with Bhargava-Shankar
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   * MR1837670 (2003a:11065) Delaunay, Christophe. Heuristics on Tate-Shafarevitch groups of elliptic curves defined over Q. Experiment. Math. 10 (2001), no. 2, 191--196. == UC Berkeley Math Department ==
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   * PDFs of these three papers have been placed in my public directory at MSRI, which I think can be accessed by typing `cd ~bpoonen/Public` at a terminal prompt.

== Iwaniec-Luo-Sarnak ==

 * chair: Kaneenika Sinha
 * times: Wednesdays 11-12. Please note: The first meeting on 19 Jan will be from 2-3 pm in the Baker boardroom.
 * Wed. 19 Jan in the Common Room: Henryk Iwaniec, ''Introduction to low lying zeros of L-functions''
    
   Abstract: The content of the paper "Low lying zeros of families of L-functions" by Iwaniec, Luo and Sarnak will be described in general terms.

 * H. Iwaniec, W. Luo, and, P. Sarnak, Low lying zeros of families of L-functions, Publ. IHES, 2000.
    [[attachment:Iwaniec-Luo-Sarnak.pdf]]
 * there is also a study guide and reading list by Steven Miller, at Williams: http://www.williams.edu/go/math/sjmiller/public_html/ntandrmt/

== Bhargava-Shankar ==

 * chair: Barry Mazur
 * times: Thursdays 11-12
 * pp. 2-9 (i.e., the Introduction) of Binary quadratic forms having bounded invariants, and the boundedness of average ranks of elliptic curves
 * Manjul's collected works: http://wstein.org/home/wstein/travel/2011/msri/bhargava/

== Quadratic twists of elliptic curves: 2-Selmer ranks ==

 * chair: Jamie Weigandt
 * times: Fridays 11-12
 * Reading list:
   * MR1292115 (95h:11064) Heath-Brown, D. R. The size of Selmer groups for the congruent number problem. II. With an appendix by P. Monsky. Invent. Math. 118 (1994), no. 2, 331–370.
   * MR2464773 (2010d:11059) Swinnerton-Dyer, Peter. The effect of twisting on the 2-Selmer group. Math. Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 145 (2008), no. 3, 513–526.
   * Kane, Daniel. On the Ranks of the 2-Selmer Groups of Twists of a Given Elliptic Curve. Preprint. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.1365v1
   * PDFs of these papers have been placed in my public directory at MSRI, which can be accessed by typing `cd ~weigandt/Public` at a terminal prompt.		  * Mondays 4:10-5pm - 60 Evans - MSRI/Evans Lectures
 * Wednesdays 3:40-5pm - 740 Evans - Number Theory Seminar
   * Jan. 26 - Xinyi Yuan (Columbia University) - the Gross--Zagier formula and its generalizations
   * Feb. 9 - Robert Miller (MSRI) - Proving the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture
 * Thursdays 4:10pm - 60 Evans - Colloquium
   * Jan. 27 - Vladimir Rokhlin (Yale University) - DiPerna Memorial Lecture: "A Randomized Approximate Nearest Neighbors Algorithm"
   . http://math.berkeley.edu/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=187
   . Alexandre Chorin will be organizing a dinner for the speaker after the lecture.
   * Feb. 3 - Bjorn Poonen - $x^2 + y^3 = z^7$
   . http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/math.html?event_ID=39632
   . Ken Ribet will be organizing a dinner after the talk.
 * Faculty Club wine dinner, Feb. 25
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== Calendar of program events ==

 || Date || Time || Location || Event ||
 ||||||||<tablestyle="width: 80%">'''Week 3: 24-28 January'''||
 ||<rowspan=2> Tue. 25 || 11am-12pm || Baker boardroom if available || reading group on the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics ||
 || 2-3pm || Simons Auditorium || Melanie Wood, Bhargava-Shankar informal study group ||
 ||<rowspan=4> Wed. 26 || 9:30-10:30am || Simons Auditorium || [[http://math.ucsd.edu/~alina/5min.html|5-minute presentations / introductions]] ||
 || 11am-12pm || Simons Auditorium || [[http://math.ucsd.edu/~alina/5min.html|5-minute presentations / introductions]] ||
 || 12-1pm || Baker boardroom || Iwaniec-Luo-Sarnak study group / lunch ||
 || 1:30-3pm || Simons Auditorium || [[http://math.ucsd.edu/~alina/5min.html|5-minute presentations / introductions]] ||
 || Thu. 27 ||<rowspan=2> all day ||<rowspan=2> see link ||<rowspan=2> [[http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/show/-/event/Wm538|Connections for Women]] ||
 || Fri. 28 ||
 ||||||||<tablestyle="width: 80%">'''Week 4: 31 January - 4 February'''||
 |||| all week || see link || [[http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/show/-/event/Wm539|Introductory Workshop]],[[http://wiki.l-functions.org/IntroductoryWorkshopLectureNotes|Lecture notes]] ||
 ||||||||<tablestyle="width: 80%">'''Week 5: 7-11 February''' ||
 ||<rowspan=2> Mon. 7 || 10-10:50am || Simons Auditorium || Andrew Yang - “Low-lying zeros of Dedekind zeta functions” ||
 || 4:10pm || 60 Evans Hall-UC Berkeley || Dr. Henryk Iwaniec - “Counting Integers” ||
 || Tue. 8 || 11-12 || Baker Boardroom || Informal reading group on the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics ||
 || Wed. 9 || 11-12 || Baker Boardroom || Low lying zeros reading group ||
 || Thu. 10 || 11-12 || Simons Auditorium || Carl Pomerance - "Order and Chaos" ||
 || Fri. 11 || 11-12 || Baker room || Informal reading group on Quadratic Twists ||
 || Fri. 11 || 1:30-later || Baker room || frg working group ||
 ||||||||<tablestyle="width: 80%">'''Week 6: 14-18 February''' ||
 || Mon 14 -- Wed. 16 || || || [[http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/show/-/event/Wm549|Workshop on math journals]] ||
 || Mon. 14 || 10-10:50 || Baker room || Gonzalo Tornaria - "The Brandt module of ternary quadratic forms" ||
 || Mon. 14 || 2-3 || Baker room || Dan Kane - "A problem related to the ABC conjecture" ||
 || Mon. 14 || 4:10-5 || 60 Evans hall, UCB || Jon Hanke - The Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms ||
 || Tue. 15 || 1-2 || Baker room || Bhargava-Shankar "Q & A" with Manjul Bhargava ||
 || Tue. 15 || 2-3 || Baker room (if avail.) || Ranks of Twists with Daniel Kane II ||
 || Wed. 16 || 1:30-2:30 || Baker room || David Farmer- What you need to know about RMT ||
 || Fri. 18 || 1:30-5 || Baker room || FRG Friday ||
 || Th. Mar 3 || 11-12 || Simons || Seminar speaker: Kumar Murty ||

Wiki for organizing things at the Arithmetic Statistics program at MSRI.

This is an example of how to make a separate subpage correctly.

The schedule for the 5-minute talks on January 26 is here.

Seminars

Weekly Meeting Groups

UC Berkeley Math Department

  • Mondays 4:10-5pm - 60 Evans - MSRI/Evans Lectures
  • Wednesdays 3:40-5pm - 740 Evans - Number Theory Seminar
    • Jan. 26 - Xinyi Yuan (Columbia University) - the Gross--Zagier formula and its generalizations
    • Feb. 9 - Robert Miller (MSRI) - Proving the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture
  • Thursdays 4:10pm - 60 Evans - Colloquium
  • Faculty Club wine dinner, Feb. 25

General question group

  • (e.g., average ap ’s, Sato-Tate (the statement), etc.) Not yet scheduled.

Calendar of program events

  • Date

    Time

    Location

    Event

    Week 3: 24-28 January

    Tue. 25

    11am-12pm

    Baker boardroom if available

    reading group on the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics

    2-3pm

    Simons Auditorium

    Melanie Wood, Bhargava-Shankar informal study group

    Wed. 26

    9:30-10:30am

    Simons Auditorium

    5-minute presentations / introductions

    11am-12pm

    Simons Auditorium

    5-minute presentations / introductions

    12-1pm

    Baker boardroom

    Iwaniec-Luo-Sarnak study group / lunch

    1:30-3pm

    Simons Auditorium

    5-minute presentations / introductions

    Thu. 27

    all day

    see link

    Connections for Women

    Fri. 28

    Week 4: 31 January - 4 February

    all week

    see link

    Introductory Workshop,Lecture notes

    Week 5: 7-11 February

    Mon. 7

    10-10:50am

    Simons Auditorium

    Andrew Yang - “Low-lying zeros of Dedekind zeta functions”

    4:10pm

    60 Evans Hall-UC Berkeley

    Dr. Henryk Iwaniec - “Counting Integers”

    Tue. 8

    11-12

    Baker Boardroom

    Informal reading group on the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics

    Wed. 9

    11-12

    Baker Boardroom

    Low lying zeros reading group

    Thu. 10

    11-12

    Simons Auditorium

    Carl Pomerance - "Order and Chaos"

    Fri. 11

    11-12

    Baker room

    Informal reading group on Quadratic Twists

    Fri. 11

    1:30-later

    Baker room

    frg working group

    Week 6: 14-18 February

    Mon 14 -- Wed. 16

    Workshop on math journals

    Mon. 14

    10-10:50

    Baker room

    Gonzalo Tornaria - "The Brandt module of ternary quadratic forms"

    Mon. 14

    2-3

    Baker room

    Dan Kane - "A problem related to the ABC conjecture"

    Mon. 14

    4:10-5

    60 Evans hall, UCB

    Jon Hanke - The Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms

    Tue. 15

    1-2

    Baker room

    Bhargava-Shankar "Q & A" with Manjul Bhargava

    Tue. 15

    2-3

    Baker room (if avail.)

    Ranks of Twists with Daniel Kane II

    Wed. 16

    1:30-2:30

    Baker room

    David Farmer- What you need to know about RMT

    Fri. 18

    1:30-5

    Baker room

    FRG Friday

    Th. Mar 3

    11-12

    Simons

    Seminar speaker: Kumar Murty

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