Department of Mathematics
Stony Brook University
office: Math Tower 5-111
phone: (631) 632-8287
e-mail: leon.takhtajan@stonybrook.edu
The goal of the seminar is to introduce the students to powerful analytic
methods in number theory. We will cover the following three major topics:
Poisson summation formula, Jacobi inversion formula and complex analysis proof of the Gauss quadratic reciprocity law.
Riemann's memoir and beyond: three different proofs of analytic continuation of Riemann zeta function and the functional equation.
Introduction to modular forms and Dedekind eta function.
K. Chandrasekharan Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, Springer; softcover reprint of the original 1968 edition (March 1, 2012)
H.M. Edwards, Riemann's Zeta Function, Dover edition, 2001.
S.J. Patterson, An Introduction to the Theory of the Riemann Zeta-Function, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
J.-P. Serre A Course in Arithmetics, Springer, 1996.
Be familiar with the contributions of great mathematicians of the past.
Be conversant with the specialized vocabulary of the topic of analytic number theory.
Be ablie to rigorously prove the main results specific to the topic.
Be able to solve routine problems and quote assumptions and main theorems of the topic.
Appreciate the relationship of the topic to the undergraduate mathematics curriculum.
Tuesday and Thursday 1:15pm-2:35pm in Earth & Space 177.
Students need to have completed MAT342 and MAT312 or 313; completion of MAT311 is also recommended.
The grades will be based on the class participation, the oral presentations and on solution of selected homework problems.
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