ICTP Mathematics Seminar (DON ZAGIER) - Tuesday 13 June, at 15:00

[Math Group]

M A T H E M A T I C S   S E M I N A R S 2017


Tuesday 13, June, at 15.00 hrs.



Don Zagier (MPIM-Bonn/ICTP)


Title: Theta series, theta values, theta blocks


Abstract:  Classical theta series are among the simplest and most useful 
of modular forms, with applications ranging from cryptography and sphere 
packing to differential geometry. In this talk, which will be informal 
and will not assume any previous knowledge, I will give several examples 
of how to  work with theta series, including a very short proof of the 
"Watson quintuple product identity", a surprising result about the 
vanishing of certain special  values of theta functions, and examples of 
the theory of "theta blocks", including the so-called "theta quarks".


VENUE:  Luigi Stasi Seminar Room (ICTP Leonardo da Vinci Building, first 
floor)

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Koutou Mabilo
ICTP Mathematics Group
Leonardo Da Vinci Building
Strada Costiera no. 11
34151 Trieste, Italy

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