Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic Forms Conference Series

该奖项支持将于2016年4月8日至10日在德克萨斯州丹顿市北德克萨斯大学（UNT）举行的德克萨斯-俄克拉何马州表征和自同构形式（TORA）系列会议的参与者；2017年秋季，俄克拉荷马州斯蒂尔沃特的俄克拉荷马州立大学（OSU）；以及2018年秋季在俄克拉何马州诺曼市的俄克拉何马大学（OU）。每次TORA会议将有三名全体演讲嘉宾，由来自俄克拉荷马州-德克萨斯州地区以外的两位杰出的领先研究数学家以及最近的博士学位或接近完成博士学位的研究生组成。此外，地区研究生和研究人员将展示他们的工作。这些周末会议将为该地区专注于数论、自同构形式和表征理论的学生和研究人员提供充足的合作和互动机会。自同构形式是现代数论研究的基本对象。自同构形式和表征理论之间的相互作用最近取得了许多令人兴奋的新进展，这些进展也推动了其他几个领域的应用。J. Arthur在正交群和辛群表示的内窥镜分类上的工作就是这种新发展的一个例子。来自俄克拉何马州和北德克萨斯地区超过六所大学的研究人员从事自同构形式和表征理论的研究。TORA系列会议成功地将该地区及其他地区的研究人员及其学生聚集在一起，推动了创新和交流。TORA VII-IX将继续在机构之间以及数学领域之间的合作和交流方面取得成功。2016年会议的网页可以在这里找到http://www.math.unt.edu/~richter/TORA/TORA7.html。

This award supports participants in the Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic Forms (TORA) conference series will take place at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, TX, April 8-10, 2016; at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater, OK in Fall 2017; and at the University of Oklahoma (OU) in Norman, OK in Fall 2018. Each TORA conference will feature three plenary guest speakers consisting of two outstanding leading research mathematicians from outside the Oklahoma-Texas region as well as a recent Ph.D. or a graduate student nearing completion of a Ph.D. In addition, regional graduate students and researchers will present their work. These weekend conferences will provide ample opportunities for collaboration and interactions among the students and researchers in the region, specializing in number theory, automorphic forms and representation theory. Automorphic forms are basic objects of study in modern number theory. The interplay between automorphic forms and representation theory has seen a number of very exciting new developments recently which also fuel applications to several other fields. J. Arthur's work on endoscopic classification of representations of the orthogonal and symplectic groups is an example of such new developments. Research faculty from over a half dozen universities in the Oklahoma and North Texas region work in automorphic forms and representation theory. The TORA conference series has been successful in bringing together researchers from the region and beyond, as well as their students, and propel innovation and exchange. TORA VII-IX will continue this success in collaborations and exchanges not only between institutions, but also among mathematical areas. The webpage for the 2016 conference can be found here http://www.math.unt.edu/~richter/TORA/TORA7.html.