Harmonic analysis on covers of reductive groups

by Prof. Wen-Wei Li (Morningside Center of Mathematics, Beijing, China)

Tuesday 17 Jul 2012, 17:00 → 18:00 Asia/Kolkata

AG-77 (Colaba Campus)

The metaplectic covers of connected reductive groups arise naturally in various problems in number theory, such as the theta lifting and multiple Dirichlet series. In this talk, I will introduce some aspects of this ever-growing body of research.