Counting Kissing Circles
Time and place
1 PM on Thursday, November 12th, 2009; NAC 6/113
Prof. Alex Kontorovich (Brown University and IAS)
Abstract
We will discuss recent progress on the Affine Linear Sieve, which aims to find primes in sets of integers generated by group actions. Applications include the Apollonian circle packing and prime entries in matrix groups. This is joint work with Hee Oh, Jean Bourgain, and Peter Sarnak.
This talk will be suitable for undergraduates.
