Saturday, September 20, 2025

Ritwik Pal (IIIT, Delhi) - Sept 25, 2025 - 4:00-5:00 PM IST

 Dear all,

This week's talk is by Ritwik Pal of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi. The announcement is below.

Talk Announcement: 

Title: 
  On shifted convolution sum of Fourier coefficients of $SL(3,\mathbb{Z})$ Hecke–Maass forms.

Speaker: Ritwik Pal (IIIT, Delhi)

When: Sept 25, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM IST

Where: Zoom: Write to the organisers for a link




Abstract:

We will present a brief overview of the shifted convolution sum problems, especially those related to the coefficients of automorphic L-functions. Then we will present our recent article on establishing a non-trivial upper bound for the Fourier coefficients of $SL(3,\mathbb{Z})$ Hecke–Maass forms. As a consequence, it gives a significant improvement over the previously known range of shifts for which a non-trivial upper bound of shifted convolution sum holds. This is a joint work with Sampurna Pal.


Gaurav Bhatnagar, Atul Dixit, and Krishnan Rajkumar,
Special Functions and Number Theory Seminar

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Michael Schlosser (University of Vienna) - Thursday, Sept 11 , 2025 - 4:00 PM (IST)

 Dear all,

Welcome back from the summer break. We hope you had an exciting summer, filled with new theorems and fresh collaborations.

The first talk of the season is by Michael Schlosser on Sept 11. The announcement is below.

Talk Announcement: 

Title: 
Asymptotic formulas for the Fourier coefficients
of infinite $q$-products

Speaker: Michael Schlosser (University of Vienna)

When: Sept 11, 2025, 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM IST (12:30 PM CEST)

Where: Zoom: (Write to the organisers for a link)






Abstract:
We derive asymptotic expansions for weighted partition
numbers satisfying certain conditions. As applications we
partially settle some conjectures by Berkovic and Garvan,
and by Seo and Yee, on the nonnegativity of the coefficients
of certain infinite products, and a conjecture by Chan and
Yesilyurt on the periodicity of the signs of the coefficients of
a non-theta product. This is joint work with Nian Hong Zhou.