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Sums along binary cubic forms
Abstract
We discuss ongoing work with Joseph Leung in which we obtain estimates for sums of Fourier coefficients of GL(2) and certain GL(3) automorphic forms along the values of irreducible binary cubics.
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Modular arithmetic in the lambda-calculus
Abstract
The lambda-calculus was invented to formalise arithmetic by encoding numbers and operations as abstract functions. We will introduce the lambda-calculus and present two encodings of modular arithmetic: the first is a recipe to quotient your favourite numeral system, and the second is purpose-built for modular arithmetic. A highlight of the second approach is that it does not require recursion i.e., it is defined without fixed-point operators. If time allows, we will also give an implementation of the Chinese remainder theorem which improves computational efficiency.
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