Joint Mathematics Meetings AMS Special Session

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Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Diego Convention Center and Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego, CA
January 10-13, 2018 (Wednesday - Saturday)
Meeting #1135

Associate secretaries:

Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu
Gerard A Venema, MAA venema@calvin.edu

AMS Special Session on A Showcase of Number Theory at Liberal Arts Colleges

• Wednesday January 10, 2018, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on A Showcase of Number Theory at Liberal Arts Colleges, I
  Room 16A, Mezzanine Level, San Diego Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Adriana Salerno, Bates College
  Lola Thompson, Oberlin College lola.thompson@oberlin.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The sup-norm problem for $\mathrm{GL}(2)$ over number fields.
    Djordje Milićević*, Bryn Mawr College
    Valentin Blomer, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
    Gergely Harcos, MTA Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics and Central European University
    Péter Maga, MTA Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
    (1135-11-1147)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Quantum modular forms and quantum Jacobi forms.
    Amanda Folsom*, Amherst College
    (1135-11-745)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Arithmetic Properties of Jacobians of Curves Defined by the Generalized Laguerre Polynomials.
    John Cullinan*, Bard College
    (1135-11-680)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Primitive root biases for prime pairs.
    Stephan Ramon Garcia*, Pomona College
    (1135-11-289)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Lattice point visibility on generalized lines of sight.
    Edray H. Goins, Purdue University
    Pamela E. Harris*, Williams College
    Bethany Kubik, University of Minnesota Duluth
    Aba Mbirika, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    (1135-11-309)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Bisected theta series, least $r$-gaps in partitions, and polygonal numbers.
    Cristina M Ballantine*, College of the Holy Cross
    Mircea Merca, Academy of Romanian Scientists
    (1135-11-1735)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Perfect powers in orbits of rational functions over number fields.
    Rafe Jones*, Carleton College
    Jordan Cahn, Carleton College
    Jacob Spear, Carleton College
    (1135-11-2523)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Sierpiński and Riesel numbers: computations and coverings.
    Carrie E. Finch-Smith*, Washington and Lee University
    (1135-11-2288)
• Thursday January 11, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on A Showcase of Number Theory at Liberal Arts Colleges, II
  Room 16A, Mezzanine Level, San Diego Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Adriana Salerno, Bates College
  Lola Thompson, Oberlin College lola.thompson@oberlin.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Computing arboreal Galois groups of some PCF polynomials.
    Robert L. Benedetto*, Amherst College
    (1135-11-926)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Appell-Lauricella Hypergeometric Functions over Finite Fields.
    Sharon Frechette*, College of the Holy Cross
    Holly Swisher, Oregon State University
    Fang-Ting Tu, Louisiana State University
    (1135-11-1961)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces, quaternion algebras, and the Chebotarev density theorem in short intervals.
    Benjamin Linowitz*, Oberlin College
    (1135-11-10)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Sign of Fourier Coefficients for Hilbert Modular Forms.
    Surjeet Kaushik, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
    Narasimha Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
    Naomi Tanabe*, Bowdoin College
    (1135-11-2239)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An effective variation of Kronecker's approximation theorem.
    Lenny Fukshansky*, Claremont McKenna College
    Nikolay Moshchevitin, Moscow State University
    (1135-11-996)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Decomposable Jacobian Varieties.
    Jen Paulhus*, Grinnell College
    (1135-11-706)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Liouville function and the Riemann hypothesis.
    Michael J. Mossinghoff*, Davidson College
    Timothy S. Trudgian, University of New South Wales Canberra
    (1135-11-1674)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Finding the four squares in Lagrange's Theorem.
    Paul Pollack, University of Georgia
    Enrique Treviño*, Lake Forest College
    (1135-11-1722)