Number Theory – ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia’s Advancement ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Fri, 02 Oct 2020 03:27:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.17 /wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï_icon-32x32.png Number Theory – ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia’s Advancement 32 32 MATRIX Online Seminar: Dedekind sums, lattice point counting, and K_2 /2020/10/02/matrix-online-seminar-dedekind-sums-lattice-point-counting-and-k_2/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 03:00:36 +0000 /?p=10123 Akshay Venkatesh

Professor Akshay Venkatesh

Professor Akshay Venkatesh from the Institute for Advanced Study is the only Australian to have won medals at both the International Physics Olympiad and International Mathematical Olympiad, which he did at the age of 12.

In 2018, he was awarded the Fields Medal for his synthesis of analytic number theory, homogeneous dynamics, topology, and representation theory. He is the second Australian to win the Fields Medal.

“In my talk I will discuss an old theme in number theory — Dedekind sums and counting lattice points –and how it is related to a more modern theme involving the arithmetic of cyclotomic fields.” This is a joint work with Romyar Sharifi.

Duration: 45 minutes seminar with 15 minutes question time

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