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Department of Mathematics
Colloquium Talk Tuesday, November 5 at 4 pm in TUC 243
Martin Raum from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden will be speaking
on "Integer Partitions and their Relation to Modular Forms."
Abstract: We take a tour of some modular forms, one particular topic that modular forms have strongly impacted, and how their relation has developed over the decades. Starting with a natural counting problem, that is, with combinatorics, we will transition through a timeline where modular forms help solve major open questions but also shape the questions being asked. Eventually, we return to the counting problem, and reexamine which questions remain open from a combinatorial perspective - and how modular forms can help to answer them.
Abstract: We take a tour of some modular forms, one particular topic that modular forms have strongly impacted, and how their relation has developed over the decades. Starting with a natural counting problem, that is, with combinatorics, we will transition through a timeline where modular forms help solve major open questions but also shape the questions being asked. Eventually, we return to the counting problem, and reexamine which questions remain open from a combinatorial perspective - and how modular forms can help to answer them.