Lethbridge's Number Theory Group


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News
SPRING 2012:
SUMMER 2012:

Lethbridge will be hosting CNTA XII, from June 17 to June 22, 2012.

Plenary speakers:
Manjul Bhargava, Princeton University.
Valentin Blomer, Göttingen University.
Henri Darmon, McGill University.
Chantal David, Concordia University.
Andrew Granville, Université de Montréal.
Roger Heath-Brown, University of Oxford.
Minhyong Kim, University of Oxford/POSTECH .
Ram Murty, Queen's University.
Bjorn Poonen*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Umberto Zannier, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.
* To be confirmed.

        



People

The group in Lethbridge is part of the PIMS
Collaborative Research Group, from 2010-2013.
We are also part of the Alberta Number Theory Research Group.

Current Members Areas of Expertise Email
(add "@uleth.ca" after the name)
Amir Akbary
faculty
Ph. D., U. of Toronto, 1997.
L-functions, Reduction mod p of elliptic curves, Polynomials over finite fields. amir.akbary
Brandon Fodden
faculty: July 2009 - present
postdoc: July 2007 - 2009
Ph.D., Queen's, 2007.
Analytic and algebraic number theory, Hilbert's 10th problem, logic. brandon.fodden
Habiba Kadiri
faculty
Ph.D., U. Lille I (France), 2002.
Analytic number theory, Dirichlet L-functions, distribution of prime numbers. habiba.kadiri
Nathan Ng
faculty
Ph.D., UBC (Vancouver), 2001.
Analytic and multiplicative number theory, Riemann zeta function, prime numbers. nathan.ng
Tim Trudgian
postdoc: July 2010 - present
Ph.D., Oxford (UK), 2010.
Analytic number theory, Riemann zeta-function and its argument. tim.trudgian
Soroosh Yazdani
faculty
Ph.D., U. C. Berkeley (US), 2007.
Algebraic Number Theory, Arithmetic Geometry, Algorithmic Number Theory, p-adic Representation Theory soroosh.yazdani

Graduate Students
Majid Shahabi
(Master's student)
July 2010-present

Advisors: Amir Akbary, Nathan Ng
email: m.shahabi
Fataneh Esteki
(Master's student)
July 2010-present

Advisors: Amir Akbary, Habiba Kadiri
email: fataneh.esteki
Shahab Shahabi
past Master's student
2002-2003, Advisor: Amir Akbary
Master's thesis: "On non vanishing of certain L-functions"

Ph.D 2008, McGill, supervisor: H. Darmon.

Undergraduate Summer Research Students 2010: Laura Faber, Yang Li, Keylan Scholten.
2009: Laura Faber, Kyle Hambrock, Allysa Lumley, Mark Thom.
2008: Kyle Hambrock, Allysa Lumley, Mark Thom.
2005: Zachary Friggstad
2004: Sean Alaric
2001, 2002: Reg Sawilla

Past Members Areas of Expertise Current Position
Dragos Ghioca
Assistant Professor, July 2007 - June 2010
Ph.D., U. of California (Berkeley), 2005.
Arithmetic geometry, polynomial dynamics, geometric model theory. Assistant Professor
UBC, Vancouver
Fabien Pazuki
Postdoc - August 2009
Ph.D., U. of Bordeaux 1 (France), 2008.
Diophantine geometry, heights, abelian varieties, rational points, elliptic curves Maitre de Conference
U. of Bordeaux I, France



Past Events

CRG conference
Analytic Aspects of L-functions and Applications to Number Theory
May 29-June 3, 2011
University of Calgary
Organizers: Amir Akbary (UofL), Matthew Greenberg (UofC), Greg Martin (UBC).
Number Theory & Combinatorics Seminar Wednesdays 12:00-12:50 PM in E575. 
Fall 2011
Fall 2010
Spring 2010 - Fall 2009
Spring 2009 - Fall 2008
Spring 2008 - Fall 2007
PIMS West End Number Theory Seminar (WENTS)
2009-2010
Summer Lectures:
2011, 2010, 2009, 2008.
Alberta Number Theory Days IV. Banff June 17-June 19, 2011.
org: Amir Akbary, Brandon Fodden(all UofL).
III. Banff, April 30--May 2, 2010.
org: Matthew Greenberg (UofC), Paul Buckingham (UofA).
II. Calgary, April 30, 2009.
org: Matthew Greenberg, Renate Scheidler, Andrew Shallue (all UofC).
I. Lethbridge, May 07, 2008.
org: Amir Akbary, Dragos Ghioca, Habiba Kadiri, Nathan Ng (all UofL).



Recent Publications

Past Visitors Institution Period
Micah Milinovich Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2008.
March 15-20, 2010
June 04-11, 2009
Harald Helfgott Reader, University of Bristol, UK
Ph. D., University of Princeton (2003)
November 18-25, 2008
April 14-18, 2008
Chantal David Professor, University of Concordia
Ph.D., McGill University, 1993.
November 9-10, 2008
Nathan Jones Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
Ph.D., UCLA, 2005.
May 06-09, 2008



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