Conference on Topics in Number Theory; July 30 - August 3, 1997; University Park, Pennsylvania

小行星9711159 该奖项支持将于1997年7月30日至8月3日在宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行的题为数论主题的国际会议。其目的是汇集许多研究人员，其作品代表了数论的当前趋势。特别是，将特别强调那些涉及组合数学，解析数论和算术几何之间的实质性相互作用的主题。这包括与费马大定理的证明有关的工作，以及关于L-函数的特殊值的说明。 本文的研究属于数论中的一般数学领域福尔斯。数论有其历史根源在研究整数，解决这样的问题，如那些处理整除一个整数由另一个。它是数学中最古老的分支之一，几个世纪以来，人们纯粹出于美学的原因而追求它。然而，在过去的半个世纪，它已成为一个不可或缺的工具，在数据传输和处理，以及通信系统等领域的各种应用。

9711159 Andrews This award supports a international conference entitled Topics in Number Theory , to be held at Pennsylvania State University, July 30-August 3, 1997. The object is to bring together many researchers whose works represent current trends in number theory. In particular, special emphasis will be on those topics involving substantial interplay between combinatorics, analytic number theory, and arithmetic geometry. This includes works related to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem , and conjectures concerning special values of L-functions. This research falls into the general mathematical field of Number Theory. Number Theory has its historical roots in the study of whole numbers, addressing such questions as those dealing with the divisibility of one whole number by another. It is among the oldest branches of mathematics and was pursued for many centuries for purely aesthetic reasons. However, within the last half century it has become an indispensable tool with diverse applications in areas such as data transmissions and processing, and communication systems.