University of Lethbridge

The classic theorem of Chebotarev tells us that for any Galois extension L/K of degree n the proportion of primes of K, whose Frobenius conjugacy class is a given conjugacy class of the Galois group is proportional to the size of that conjugacy class...

The relationship between independence number, chromatic number, clique number, clique cover number and their fractional analogues is well-established for perfect graphs. Here, we study the clique k-cover number cck(G) and the fractional clique k...

In the past twenty years there has been a flurry of activity in the study of mean values of L-functions. This was precipitated by groundbreaking work of Keating and Snaith in which they modelled these mean values by random matrix theory. In this talk...

We will discuss several results related to transversals in Latin squares (think "Sudoku") and other Latin square-like objects. These results centre around showing the existence of, the number of, or the structure of transversals in different cases...

Please bring your favourite unsolved math problems. Anyone with a problem to share will be given about 5 minutes to present it. We will also choose most of the speakers for the rest of the semester. Everyone is welcome.

Reduced ideals of a number field F have inverses of small norms and they form a finite and regularly distributed set in the infrastructure of F. Therefore, they can be used to compute the regulator and the class number of a number field. One usually...

A Dirichlet polynomial is a function of the form $A(t)=\sum_{n \le N} a_n n^{-it}$ where $a_n$ is a complex sequence, $N \in \mathbb{N}$, and $t \in \mathbb{R}$. For $T \ge 1$, the mean values $$\int_{0}^{T} |A(t)|^2 \, dt$$ play an important role in...

A Dirichlet polynomial is a function of the form $A(t)=\sum_{n \le N} a_n n^{-it}$ where $a_n$ is a complex sequence, $N \in \mathbb{N}$, and $t \in \mathbb{R}$. For $T \ge 1$, the mean values$$\int_{0}^{T} |A(t)|^2 \, dt$$play an important role in...

A "Strongly Regular Graph", SRG(?,k,lambda,mu), is a k-regular graph with v vertices such that every two adjacent vertices have lambda common neighbors, and every two non-adjacent vertices have mu common neighbors. Let M be any power of 2, and let M'...

Let $\phi(n)$ be Euler's totient function and let $q$ and $a$ be fixed coprime natural numbers. Denote by $S_{q,a}$ the set of natural numbers whose prime divisors are all congruent to $a$ modulo $q$. We can establish \[\limsup_{n \in S_{q,a}} \frac...