RTG UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER PROGRAM July 20 – August 14, 2009 This four-week program is for undergraduates at Columbia, CUNY, and NYU to explore and investigate open research problems in algebraic and analytic number theory. The program will take place at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY. The students will work in small groups, and regularly interact with the faculty supervisors. The first week of the program will be lectures introducing potential research projects and their backgrounds, and the rest of the program will be devoted to solving some open problems. This program will be a great preparation for graduate studies in number theory, both for learning more advanced mathematics and for building a stronger graduate school application. Four students will be accepted from each university, and each participant will receive a stipend of $1,000. All students with some exposure to rigorous mathematics are welcome to apply, but one semester of complex analysis is recommended for students interested in analytic number theory projects, while one semester of abstract algebra is recommended for students interested in algebraic number theory projects. The following application material should be mailed together: (1) a cover letter (with your name and email, your college, and your recommender’s name and email) (2) a transcript (unofficial one is fine) (3) one letter of reference. The deadline for application is March 15, 2009. You must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or a permanent resident to apply. Students at Application should be sent to: Columbia Yakov Kerzhner, MC 4406, 2990 Broadway, New York NY 10027 CUNY Yu Yasufuku, 365 Fifth Avenue Room 4208, New York NY 10016 NYU Yuri Tschinkel, 251 Mercer Street, New York NY 10012-1185 Yakov Kerzhner (analytic number theory) Yu Yasufuku (algebraic number theory) Joseph Fels Ritt Assistant Professor RTG Visiting Assistant Professor Columbia University CUNY Graduate Center [email protected] [email protected] This program is funded by the National Science Foundation Research Training Grant in Number Theory (awarded jointly to Columbia-CUNY-NYU), a part of Enhancing the Mathematical Sciences Workforce in the 21st Century. PI’s: Dorian Goldfeld (Columbia), Victor Kolyvagin (CUNY), Ken Kramer (CUNY), Lucien Szpiro (CUNY), Yuri Tschinkel (NYU), Eric Urban (Columbia), Akshay Venkatesh (NYU), Shou-Wu Zhang (Columbia). .