The 2011 Maine/Quebec Number Theory Conference

2011缅因/魁北克数论会议将于10月1日和2日在奥罗诺的缅因大学举行。该会议每年举行一次，偶数年在魁北克的拉瓦尔大学举行，奇数年在缅因大学举行。通过为来自新英格兰，魁北克和其他地区的数论家提供一个论坛来展示和讨论他们的研究，会议促进了加拿大和美国数论家之间的互动和合作。今年会议的主题是算术和p进动力学。这是数论中一个相对较新的研究方向，它将经典动力系统理论的思想引入到数域和局部域上代数变异的设置中。该领域的几位建筑师将讲授该主题的广泛主题、最新成果和未来发展的可能性。还将邀请到其他重要的数论领域的演讲者，总共有25-30位演讲者。会议规模较小（约60人参加），这是研究生和年轻数学家与主要研究人员互动的好机会。

The 2011 Maine/Quebec Number Theory Conference will take place on October 1 & 2 at the University of Maine in Orono. This conference is held annually, at l'Universite Laval in Quebec in even years and at the University of Maine in odd years. By providing a forum for number theorists from New England, Quebec, and beyond to present and discuss their research, the conference promotes interaction and collaboration between Canadian and American number theorists.This year the featured topic at the conference is Arithmetic and p-adic Dynamics. This is a relatively new line of research in number theory that brings ideas from the classical theory of dynamical systems to the setting of algebraic varieties over number fields and local fields. Several of the architects of this field will lecture on the broad themes of the subject, the latest results, and possibilities for future development. There will also be invited speakers addressing other important areas of number theory, with 25-30 speakers in all. The small scale of the meeting (with around 60 attendees) makes this a good opportunity for graduate students and young mathematicians to interact with leading researchers.