44th session
Département de mathématiques et de statistique
Université de Montréal

Equidistribution in number theory

July 11-22,  2005

  SPEAKERS  
  Yuri BILU (Université Bordeaux I, France).
  Stephan DE BIEVRE (Université de Lille, France).
  William DUKE (UCLA, USA).
  John FRIEDLANDER (University of Toronto, Canada).
  Andrew GRANVILLE (Université de Montréal, Canada).
  Roger HEATH-BROWN (Oxford University, U.K.).
  Elon LINDENSTRAUSS (NYU, USA).
  Jens MARKLOF (University of Bristol, U.K.).
  Zeev RUDNICK (Tel Aviv University, Israel).
  K. SOUNDARARAJAN (University of Michigan, USA).
  Yuri TSCHINKEL (University of Göttingen, Germany).
  Emmanuel ULLMO (Université Paris-Sud 11, France)
  Akshay VENKATESH (MIT, USA).
   

  PROGRAM FEATURES Plan of lectures and Schedule
  Uniform Distribution and beyond:  Applications to Cryptographic protocols, distribution of integers, level statistics.
  Integer and rational points on varieties: Geometry of numbers, the circle method, homogeneous varieties via spectral theory and ergodic theory.
  The Andre-Oort conjectures: Equidistribution of CM-points and Hecke points, points of small height.
  Quantum ergodicity: Quantum maps and modular surfaces.

  Main organizers:  
  Zeev Rudnick, Andrew Granville
   
  This summer school is primarily targeted at senior grad students, postdocs and junior faculty
  Financial assistance available. For full consideration, requests for participation or financial assistance must be received before February 28, 2005. SELECTION OF PARTICIPANT HAS BEEN FINALIZED
  There is no registration fee. A contribution of 125$ CA is required for social affairs.
     
 
Applicants should work or study in, or be a citizen of one of the following countries:

Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czeh Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhastan, Kyrghyz Republic, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UK, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan.

For more information, or if you do not fit this requirement, do not hesitate to communicate with Ms Diane Bélanger (belanger@DMS.UMontreal.CA).
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For inquiries contact Diane Bélanger, coordinator