16:640:573 Selected Topics in Number Theory

Fall 2020

Henryk Iwaniec

Subtitle:

Statistic of L-functions and their zeros

Course Description:

This will be about recent developments in the analytic theory of L-functions which is modeled on the Random MatrixTheory. Some basic results on the distribution of zeros and estimates for the moments of central values will be presented in detail. However a significant part of the material will be dealing with conjectures which only recently emerged from ideas of RMT.

Textbook:

Recent Perspectives in Random Matrix Theory and Number Theory, LMS Lecture Notes Series 322, Cambridge University Press

Prerequisites:

Fascination with the Riemann Hypothesis