AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:11

Associate secretaries:
John L Bryant, AMS bryant@math.fsu.edu

Saturday April 15, 2000, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on L-functions, Periods, and Arithmetic, I
Room 405, Griffin Hall
Organizers:
Fernando Rodriguez Villegas, University of Texas at Austin villegas@fireant.ma.utexas.edu
Jeff Vaaler, University of Texas at Austin vaaler@math.utexas.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Mahler's measure of A-polynomials and special values of Dirichlet L-functions.
  David W Boyd*, University of British Columbia
  (954-11-199)
- 3:00 p.m.
  The analytic non class-number formula.
  Robert V Perlis*, NSF and LSU
  (954-11-13)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Jacobi Sums.
  Paul B van Wamelen*, Louisiana State University
  (954-11-20)
- 4:00 p.m.
  On the tame kernel of number fields.
  Jurgen H Hurrelbrink*, Louisiana State University
  (954-11-28)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Stark's Conjecture over Complex Cubic Number Fields.
  David S Dummit, University of Vermont
  Brett A Tangedal*, University of Charleston
  (954-11-37)

Sunday April 16, 2000, 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on L-functions, Periods, and Arithmetic, II
Room 405, Griffin Hall
Organizers:
Fernando Rodriguez Villegas, University of Texas at Austin villegas@fireant.ma.utexas.edu
Jeff Vaaler, University of Texas at Austin vaaler@math.utexas.edu
- 9:30 a.m.
  Toric Varieties and Modular Forms.
  Lev A Borisov, Columbia University
  Paul E Gunnells*, Columbia University
  (954-11-54)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Theta Correspondence and Zeta Series with Respect to a Quadratic Extension (Preliminary Report).
  Ze-Li Dou*, Texas Christian University
  (954-11-55)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Mollifiers, zeros, and mean values of L-functions.
  David W Farmer*, Bucknell University
  J. Brian Conrey, American Institute of Mathematics
  (954-11-166)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Stark's conjecture in multiquadratic extensions, revisited.
  Jonathan W Sands*, University of Vermont
  David S Dummit, University of Vermont
  Brett Tangedal, College of Charleston
  (954-11-10)

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