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Texas Tech University
Algebra & Number Theory Seminar
2018-2019

Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Math 110
Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 pm

Spring 2019 Schedule

• January 16
  No Seminar
  
  
• January 23
  No Seminar
  
  
• January 30
  No Seminar
  
  
• February 6
  Arne Ledet (Texas Tech University)
  Title: Kummer Theory


• February 13
  No Seminar
  
  
• February 20
  Dermot McCarthy (Texas Tech University)
  Title: Introduction to the p-adic numbers


• February 27
  No Seminar
  
  
• March 6
  Vlad Matei (UC Irvine)
  Title: Arithmetic Statistics over Function Fields


• March 13
  No Seminar - Spring Break
  
  
• March 20
  No Seminar
  
  
• March 27
  No Seminar
  
  
• April 3
  Moved to Friday
  
  
• April 5 (Friday, Math 110, 3pm)
  Ken Ono (Emory University)
  Title: Moonshine


• April 10
  Cezar Lupu (Texas Tech University)
  Title: Riemann zeta and multiple zeta functions and their special values. An introduction. (Part 1)


• April 17
  Cezar Lupu (Texas Tech University)
  Title: Riemann zeta and multiple zeta functions and their special values. An introduction. (Part 2)


• April 24
  Cezar Lupu (Texas Tech University)
  Title: A tale of Zagier's formula for multiple zeta values involving Hoffman elements.


• May 1
  Cezar Lupu (Texas Tech University)
  Title: Beukers' proof of irrationality of ζ(3) and Brown's program of irrationality proofs for zeta values.

Fall 2018 Schedule

• August 29
  No Seminar
  
  
• September 5
  No Seminar
  
  
• September 12
  No Seminar
  
  
• September 19
  Lars Christensen (Texas Tech University)
  Title: An Ideal Solitude Puzzle


• September 26
  No Seminar
  
  
• October 3
  Wu Dejun (Texas Tech University)
  Title: Gorenstein flat dimensions over local homomorphisms


• October 10
  No Seminar. Please attend Monday's analysis seminar instead, where Cezar Lupu speaks on the Riemann Zeta Function.
  
  
• October 17
  Cezar Lupu (Texas Tech University)
  Title: A simple proof of Euler's formula for ζ(2k) and rational zeta series involving ζ(2k)


• October 24
  No Seminar
  
  
• October 31
  No Seminar
  
  
• November 7
  No Seminar
  
  
• November 14
  Yong Yang (Texas State University)
  Title: Orbits of Group Actions


• November 21
  No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
  
  
• November 28
  Cezar Lupu (Texas Tech University)
  Title: Series representations for Apery constant ζ(3) involving values ζ(2n)