Workshop Announcement:

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             Subconvexity bounds for L-functions 
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                October 16 to October 20, 2006

  American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center

                     Palo Alto, California

        http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/subconvexity.html


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to 
subconvexity bounds for L-functions.  In recent years, there has 
been substantial progress towards the subconvexity problem for 
GL(2) L-functions, beginning with the work of Duke, Friedlander, 
and Iwaniec; more recently, ideas from representation theory and
dynamics have been brought to bear on the problem. Subconvexity
bounds for L-functions in higher rank (and, more generally, bounds
for periods)  remain largely elusive.  The aim of the workshop is 
to consolidate the existing approaches and initiate analysis of 
the higher rank subconvexity problem. 

The workshop is organized by
William Duke, Philippe Michel, Andre Reznikov, and Akshay Venkatesh.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/subconvexity.html

Space and funding is available for a few more participants.
If you would like to participate, please apply by filling
out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later
than July 16, 2006. Applications are open to all, and
we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities,
junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily
undergraduate institutions to apply.

Before submitting an application, please read the ARCC
policies concerning participation and financial support
for participants.

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