WORKSHOP ON
L-FUNCTIONS AND RANDOM MATRICES
WHERE: American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), Palo Alto, CA
DATES: Monday, May 14 - Friday, May 18, 2001
ORGANIZER: Brian Conrey (conrey@aimath.org)
List of Participants
Some open problems
Schedule of talks
Hotels where everyone is staying
DESCRIPTION: In 1974, H. Montgomery found the first indication
of a connection between the distribution of the
zeros of the Riemann zeta-function and the distribution
of the eigenvalues of random matrices. Random matrices
had been studied by statisticians beginning in the 1930s
and Mathematical Physicists starting in the 1950s.
In 1981, numerical calculations by A. Odlyzko of some
statistics of the zeros of the Riemann zeta-function
led to remarkable graphs illustrating the connection
that Montgomery predicted.
Recent work by many authors, has led to several
interesting developments including the study of low lying
zeros of families of L-functions and conjectures for
mean-values of L-functions running in a family.
The purpose of this workshop is to consider
the future development of this field, with a focus on understanding
the goals of the subject, the limitations, and how to attack
the important unsolved problems.
PARTICIPATION: There is a limited amount of space for participants
for this workshop. If you would like to attend and can make a case
that your participation would be of benefit to your research
program, please contact Brian Conrey (conrey@aimath.org).