Cardiff Number Theory Day

Cardiff Number Theory Day
- Friday the 25th of July, 2008,
at the Cardiff School of Mathematics -
 a symposium in celebration of Christopher Hooley’s 80th birthday. 

Programme and Abstracts:      
12:30 - 13:25 Registration and buffet lunch (M/1.02)

13:30 - 14:00 Hugh Montgomery (University of Michigan): The Ideal Sieve

14:10 - 14:40 Trevor Wooley, FRS (University of Bristol): Higher order asymptotic formulae in diagonal diophantine problems

14:45 - 15:05 Coffee break (M/1.02)

15:10 - 15:40 Glyn Harman (Royal Holloway, University of London): Primes with pre-assigned digits
 - An unusual application of the Circle Method

15:50 - 16:20 Bob Vaughan FRS (Penn State University): Diophantine Approximation near curves and surfaces

16:25 - 16:45 Coffee Break (M/1.02)

16:50 - 17:20 Jörg Brüdern (Universität Stuttgart): On Weyl Sums

17:30 - 18:00 Roger Heath-Brown, FRS (University of  Oxford): Representing integers as sums and differences of k-th powers

Dinner in Aberdare Hall (19:00 for 19:20)

Venue for the talks: Room M/0.40 of the Cardiff School of  Mathematics (located quite near the southern end of Senghennydd Road, 8 minutes walk from Cathays railway station).

Organiser: Nigel Watt (Tel. 029 2087 5670, E-mail: wattn@cf.ac.uk).

Registration: Registration is free. Please register by e-mailing Nigel Watt to state whether or not you will require the buffet lunch (which will be provided free of charge), and whether or not you will attend the dinner afterwards (cost £29.00). Those wishing to attend the dinner should reserve(*) their places by Monday July the 14th.

*Prepayment is required. There are two possible payment methods:

(i) Write a Cheque for £29.00, made payable to 'Cardiff University', and mail it to Ms M. E. Mills, School Secretary, Cardiff School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF24 4AG (remember to include a note with your name, affiliation, and the words 'Number Theory Day');

(ii) Contact Maureen Mills (by telephone at 029 208 74827, or by FAX at 029 208 74199, or by e-mail at MillsME@cf.ac.uk) and arrange a payment of £29.00 by credit or debit card (excluding American Express). This will require giving some of your credit/debit card information, as Maureen will need it in order to fill in the relevant form. If you are sending details by FAX, then please contact Maureen by phone or e-mail just prior to the sending of the FAX, since the FAX machine is not in her office (and it would not do to have your FAX message left unattended for very long in that room).

In either case Maureen will need to receive your payment (or payment details) by Monday 14th July, if we are to reserve you a place at the dinner.

More Information: Please ask Nigel Watt (contact details given above).