Workshop Proposal: The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves and Special Values of L-Functions, May 2-4, 2014

University Of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago IL

Investigators

Abstract

A workshop "Arithmetic of elliptic curves and special values of L-functions" will take place May 2-4, 2014 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This is part of the annual Oliver Atkin Memorial Lecture and Workshop at UIC. The website of the workshop is http://www.math.uic.edu/~rtakloo/atkin2014.html. The theme of the workshop is the recent progress regarding special values of L-functions and its applications to the arithmetic of elliptic curves. Of particular interest will be the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture, Gross-Zagier-Zhang formulae, Main Conjecture of Iwasawa Theory, etc. The workshop will bring together experts working in the area and will create an environment in which participants may exchange ideas and start new projects. Funding from the National Science Foundation makes it possible for junior researchers, graduate students, and other mathematicians without travel funds to attend this exciting workshop. This is an excellent opportunity for them to interact with experts in the field and to be inspired for further work. The lectures by invited speakers will take place on May 3 and 4, and time is also reserved for talks by participating recent Ph.D. recipients and graduate students. Select lectures will be videotaped and made available to the mathematical community on a website. The slides of talks will be made available on the same website.