School on Probability in Number Theory

May 14-18, 2018

Program

 

Monday, May 14, 2018

09:00 - 10:00
Registration (Room 5345) and Coffee & Croissants (Room 6245)


Meeting room(s) : 6254

10:00 - 11:00
Andrew Granville
(Université de Montréal)
An introduction to the use of probability in number theory
Slides
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Kevin Ford
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Large gaps in sets of primes and other sequences - I
Abstract

Slides
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee
14:30 - 15:30
Kannan Soundararajan
(Stanford University)
Value distribution of zeta and L-functions - I
Abstract
15:30 - 18:30
Discussion

 

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

09:00 - 10:00
Coffee & Croissants


Meeting room(s) : 6254

10:00 - 11:00
Adam J. Harper
(University of Warwick)
Modern probabilistic techniques in number theory - I
Abstract
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Kevin Ford
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Large gaps in sets of primes and other sequences - II
Abstract

Slides
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee
14:30 - 15:30
Kannan Soundararajan
(Stanford University)
Value distribution of zeta and L-functions - II
Abstract
15:30 - 18:30
Discussion

 

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

09:00 - 10:00
Coffee & Croissants


Meeting room(s) : 6254

10:00 - 11:00
Adam J. Harper
(University of Warwick)
Modern probabilistic techniques in number theory - II
Abstract
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Kevin Ford
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Large gaps in sets of primes and other sequences - III
Abstract

Slides
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee
14:30 - 15:30
Kannan Soundararajan
(Stanford University)
Value distribution of zeta and L-functions - III
Abstract
15:30 - 18:30
Discussion

 

Thursday, May 17, 2018

09:00 - 10:00
Coffee & Croissants


Meeting room(s) : 6254

10:00 - 11:00
Adam J. Harper
(University of Warwick)
Modern probabilistic techniques in number theory - III
Abstract
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Kevin Ford
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Large gaps in sets of primes and other sequences - IV
Abstract
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee
14:30 - 15:30
Kannan Soundararajan
(Stanford University)
Value distribution of zeta and L-functions - IV
Abstract
15:30 - 18:30
Discussion

 

Friday, May 18, 2018

09:00 - 10:00
Coffee & Croissants


Meeting room(s) : 6254

10:00 - 11:00
James Maynard
(University of Oxford)
Digits of primes
Abstract
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Lior Bary-Soroker
(Tel-Aviv University)
Is a random polynomial with plus minus 1 coefficients irreducible over the integers?
Abstract
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee
14:30 - 15:30
Adam J. Harper
(University of Warwick)
Modern probabilistic techniques in number theory - IV
Abstract
15:30 - 18:30
Discussion