K-theory, Quadratic Forms and Number Theory Seminar 2007-2008

26/9: Karim Becher (Konstanz), “The Pfister factor conjecture”

26/9: David Grimm (Konstanz), “Pythagoras number of function fields of conics”

3/10: Ken Ono (Wisconsin), “Heegner divisors, L-functions and Maass forms”

10/10: Marie Jose Bertin (Paris 6), “Mahler measure of K3-hypersurfaces”

17/10: Adrian Wadsworth (UCSD), “Value functions and associated graded rings for central simple algebras”

31/10: Robert Osburn (UCD), “Congruences for combinatorial functions”

14/11: Scott Ahlgren (UIUC), “Parity of Fourier coefficients of modular forms”

21/11: Ciaran Mac an Bhaird (NUIM), “Gauss’ method for determining cyclotomic numbers”

5/12: Sander Zwegers (UCD), “Appell-Lerch sums and their modular transformation properties”

9/1: Anne Cortella (Besancon), “Morita theory for sesquilinear forms”

6/2: Nicolas Grenier-Boley (Paris 13), “On hermitian Pfister forms”

13/2: Thomas Unger (UCD), “Space-time block codes arising from quadratic forms”

20/2: Amanda Folsom (Wisconsin), “Duality involving the mock theta function f(q) and analytic properties of Kloosterman-Selberg zeta functions”

5/3: Marilyn Reece Myers (UCD), “Variations of Kummer’s conjecture”

2/4: Ben Kane (Nijmegen), “Some effectively computable applications of GRH”

23/4: Frits Beukers (Utrecht), “Algebraic hypergeometric functions”

14/5: Julien Houriet (EPFL), “Hermitian lattices and K-theory of the ring of integers of a number field”