Midwest Algebraic Number Theory Day

Saturday, May 10, 2003

University of Illinois at Chicago

Midwest Algebraic Number Theory Day Program

12-12:50	Matthew Emerton (Northwestern))	On the p-adic interpolation of automorphic forms
1-1:50	Payman Kassaei (MSU)	p-adic modular forms over Shimura curves
2-2:50	Mihran Papikian (Michigan)	Optimal elliptic curves, discriminants and the degree conjecture over function fields.
2:50-3:30	Coffee Break
3:30-4:20	Jim Borger (U Chicago)	Non-linear bialgebras: a structural approach to the Witt vectors.
4:30-5:20	D. J. Bernstein (UIC)	Sharper ABC-based bounds for congruent polynomials
5:30-6:20	T.H. Yang (Wisconsin)	Simplest CM abelian variety over an imaginary quadratic field.

Location

The meeting will take place in Lecture Center D-4 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This is one of the small buildings in the center of the East Campus. Directions to Campus are available on the university web page here . You want EAST SIDE! Note: SEO is located in the southwestern corner of (EAST) campus, at the corner of Taylor and Morgan streets.

Registration

While formal registration is not required, I would appreciate it if you could email me by April 22 if you plan to come, and let me know if you plan to join us for dinner, so that I can plan for coffee, cookies, seats, and so forth.

General Info

There are many restaurants on Taylor street, west of the math department, for those who want to eat lunch before the meeting.

Parking is available at a lot on Halsted, between Harrison and Taylor.

Dinner at a restaurant in the area will follow the meeting.

For those who would like to stay the night, some convenient hotels in the area are: Quality Inn on Halsted; Congress Hotel on S. Michigan. Somewhat farther away is the Write Inn in Oak Park.

Questions

Contact Jeremy Teitelbaum (jeremy@uic.edu) with questions.