Title: Why do cusp forms exist? Abstract:  I will begin this talk by reviewing the Eichler-Shimura isomorphism between the space of cusp forms of weight k and level N, and a certain cohomology group. Shimura called this cohomology group as parabolic cohomology. In the context of automorphic forms on higher groups, such a cohomology group takes the form […]

Title: Selmer groups, p-adic L-functions and Euler Systems: A new Framework Abstract: Selmer groups are key invariants attached to p-adic Galois representations. The Bloch—Kato conjecture predicts a precise relationship between the size of certain Selmer groups and the leading term of the L-function of the Galois representation under consideration. In particular, when the L-function does […]

Title: Restricted Arithmetic Quantum Unique ErgodicityAbstract: The quantum unique ergodicity conjecture of Rudnick and Sarnak concerns the mass equidistribution in the large eigenvalue limit of Laplacian eigenfunctions on negatively curved manifolds. This conjecture has been resolved by Lindenstrauss when this manifold is the modular surface assuming these eigenfunctions are additionally Hecke eigenfunctions, namely Hecke-Maass cusp forms. I […]

Title: Arithmetic Quantum Field Theory? Abstract: Mathematical structures suggested by quantum field theory have revolutionised important areas of algebraic geometry, differential geometry, as well as topology in the last three decades. This talk will introduce a few of the recent ideas for applying structures inspired by physics to arithmetic geometry.

Title: Compatibility of canonical ell-adic local systems on Shimura varieties Abstract: In his 1979 Corvallis paper, Deligne uses a modular interpretation to construct canonical models of Shimura varieties of Hodge type, and suggested a dream that all Shimura varieties with rational weight should be moduli spaces of motives over number fields. Outside of the abelian […]

Title: The Geometry of Theta Correspondence for Principal Series over Finite Fields Abstract: In this talk, we explore the finite field theta correspondence between principal series representations. We begin by categorifying the relevant Hecke algebra bimodules associated with this correspondence. Utilizing characteristic cycle maps, we provide a detailed description of the theta correspondence for principal […]