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Oppenheim Lecture (Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics, NUS)
The Oppenheim Lectures is a distinguished lecture series jointly organized by the Department of Mathematics, and the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore (NUS). It is held annually beginning from the Academic Year 2014/2015, and is in honour of Sir Alexander Oppenheim, who held the position of Professor and first Head of the Department from 1931 until 1959. Professor Oppenheim was also Vice Chancellor of the University of Malaya (the predecessor of NUS) from 1957 to 1963. He was a well-known number theorist, notably for the Oppenheim Conjecture, which was settled by Gregori Margulis in the affirmative in 1986.
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Markoff initiated the study of the minima of indefinite binary quadratic forms with his celebrated spectrum. Oppenheim advanced the theory in 3 or more variables with numerous results and decisive insights, all of which are now proven thanks to older and recent advances. We will discuss these as well as higher degree forms for which much less is known. There is renewed interest in these questions as they arise as “Bass-Note Spectra” of differential operators.
Activities
| Date | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|
| Oppenheim Lecture: From Markoff to Oppenheim and beyond | 9 Jan, 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm | N/A |
| In Conversation | 9 Jan | N/A |
Venue
LT 34, S17 Level 3
10 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119076
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