AMSI-Mahler Lecturer 2011: Peter Sarnak
The Mahler lectures are a biennial activity organised by the Australian Mathematical Society, and supported by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, in which a prominent mathematician tours Australian universities giving lectures at a variety of levels, including several public lectures.
Professor Peter Sarnak grew up in South Africa and moved to the US to study at Stanford University, where he obtained his PhD in mathematics in 1980. After appointments at the Courant Institute, New York, and Stanford, he moved to Princeton in 1991 where he has been ever since. Currently he is both the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University and Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In 2002, he was made a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the USA and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Sarnak is a major figure in modern analytic number theory, with research interests also in analysis and mathematical physics. He has received many awards for his research including the Polya prize in 1998, the Ostrowski prize in 2001, the Conant prize in 2003 and the Cole prize in 2005. He has had 43 PhD students to date, including several who have become major figures in number theory themselves.
Sarnak visited six capital cities during the tour, presenting a number of lectures, some of which were available over the access grid network.
Peter Sarnak's Mahler lectures are now available in pdf format.
Lecture tour
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9 Aug |
18:00 |
Napier 102, University of Adelaide |
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10 Aug |
13:10 |
B.19 Innova21 University of Adelaide |
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11 Aug |
18:00 |
Weatherburn Lecture Theater University of Western Australia |
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12 Aug |
13:30 |
ELT1 University of Western Australia |
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15 Aug |
14:00 |
Science Lecture Theatre S14 Monash University |
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15 Aug |
18:00 |
Laby Theatre, David Caro Building University of Melbourne |
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16 Aug |
13:00 |
Szental Lecture Theatre La Trobe University |
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17 Aug |
17:30 |
Manning Clarke Centre, LT3 Australian National University |
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18 Aug |
15:30 |
Manning Clarke Centre, LT4 Australian National University |
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23 Aug |
18:00 |
Physiology Building 63, Room 348 University of Queensland |
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24 Aug |
15:00 |
Parnell Building 7 Room 222, University of Queensland |
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25 Aug |
15:30 |
Clancy Auditorium University of New South Wales |
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26 Aug |
14:30 |
Room 175, Carslaw Building University of Sydney |