Akshay VenkateshAffiliation: Stanford University Email: akshay.venkatesh@gmail.com Title Of Talk: Geometry of Numbers, Old and New URL: http://qseries.org/dept_news_events/erdos/venkatesh Abstract: The geometry of numbers is an old and beautiful method of solving equations in whole numbers using geometrical ideas. I shall discuss this method, illustrating with examples drawn from the theory of quadratic forms. I will then describe some modern descendants of the geometry of numbers; these draw on ideas from other mathematical fields including ergodic theory and harmonic analysis.
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