School of Mathematics Colloquium

Representations of numbers as sums of squares

by Prof. Srinivas V. (TIFR)

Thursday, July 7, 2011 from to (Asia/Kolkata)
at Colaba Campus ( AG-69 )
TIFR
Description
A famous theorem of Lagrange states  that every nonnegative integer n  can be 
expressed as a sum of  4 squares.  A natural question then arises: in how
many ways can you do it, as a function of n ?  I will discuss this question, 
and similar ones, by making connections with modular forms.

[This talk is primarilly meant for the VSRP students of mathematics.]