Sarnak to Speak on Integral Appollonian Packings and Thin Orbits
Peter Sarnak, Princeton University, will deliver a MAA Invited Address on Monday, January 5, 2009, 3:20 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. He will speak on Integral Appollonian Packings and Thin Orbits. This lecture will be held in Marriott Ballroom Salons 1 and 2, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
Peter Sarnak has made major contributions to number theory, and to questions in analysis motivated by number theory. His interest in mathematics is wide-ranging, and his research focuses on the theory of zeta functions and automorphic forms with applications to number theory, combinatorics, and mathematical physics.
His achievements include: Ph.D., Stanford University, 1980; Assistant
Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University,
1980, Associate Professor, 1983; Professor, Stanford University, 1987;
Professor, Princeton University, 1991, Henry Burchard Fine Professor of
Mathematics, 1995, Chair of the Department of Mathematics, 1996-99; Professor,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University, 2001-2005;
Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, 2002-;
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, 1999-2002, 2005-07, Professor 2007-;
Frank Nelson Cole Prize, American Mathematical Society (AMS), 2005; Levi
L. Conant Prize, AMS, 2003; Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2002;
and Fellow, The Royal Society of London, 2002.