Workshop Announcement: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Analytic theory of GL(3) automorphic forms and applications ---------------------------------------------------------------- November 17 to November 21, 2008 American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center Palo Alto, California http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/gl3.html ------------ Description: ------------ This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, has the goal of providing a description of GL_3 automorphic forms and their L-functions amenable to analytic number theorists and to explain the various approaches available to perform harmonic analysis on these spaces. A second objective will be to discuss the extension of some of the important tools existing in the GL_2 theory to the GL_3 context: a typical example is Kuznetzov's formula. A third objective will be to list some important problems known for GL_2 and to identify the main obstructions to the extension of these to GL_3: typical problems are non-vanishing problems for central values of L-functions and subconvexity problem. To achieve these goals we plan to bring together analytic number theorists and specialists from the theory of automorphic forms and related fields who are interested in analytic questions. The workshop is organized by Henryk Iwaniec, Philippe Michel, and K. Soundararajan. For more details please see the workshop announcement page: http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/gl3.html Space and funding is available for a few more participants. If you would like to participate, please apply by filling out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later than July 17, 2008. Applications are open to all, and we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities, junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily undergraduate institutions to apply. Before submitting an application, please read the AIM policies concerning participation and financial support for participants. -------------------------------- AIM Research Conference Center: -------------------------------- The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) hosts focused workshops in all areas of the mathematical sciences. AIM focused workshops are distinguished by their emphasis on a specific mathematical goal, such as making progress on a significant unsolved problem, understanding the proof of an important new result, or investigating the convergence between two distinct areas of mathematics. For more information, please visit http://www.aimath.org/research/