Thursday, March 9, 2017 1:30 pm
-
1:30 pm
EST (GMT -05:00)
Youness Lamzouri, York University
"On class numbers of quadratic fields"
The
study
of
class
numbers
of
real
and
imaginary
quadratic
fields
in
an
important
problem
in
number
theory,
and
its
rich
history
goes
back
to
the
work
of
Gauss.
In
this
talk,
I
will
review
the
history
of
this
subject
and
present
recent
results
on
these
class
numbers,
notably
on
their
large
values,
moments
and
distribution.
M3 3103