Diophantine Equations, Combinatorics, Analysis in Number Theory

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Diophantine Equations, Combinatorics, Analysis in Number Theory

 23 - 27 Jun 2025

ICMS, Bayes Centre, Edinburgh

Scientific Organisers:

  • Julia Brandes, University of Gothenburg
  • Sam Chow, University of Warwick
  • Kevin Hughes, Edinburgh Napier University
  • Scott Parsell, West Chester University
  • Damaris Schindler, Goettingen University
  • Craig Spencer, Kansas State University

About:

The past decade has seen tremendous advances in the theory of Diophantine equations, arithmetic combinatorics and harmonic analysis. Moreover, influential perspectives, analogies and novel connections between these fields have developed. All of these advances are recent enough that their full potential has yet to be unleashed. Following an extended period of restricted travel, the time is ripe to unite and to push these boundaries. Our objectives for this conference were:

  • To bring the harmonic analysis, number theory and arithmetic combinatorics communities all together for the first time in a conference;
  • To unify these recent developments across all three areas, and explore their full scope;
  • To discuss recent, highly influential applications and explore new ones;
  • To assist early career researchers by connecting them to each other and to leading figures. As part of this, there was an accompanying two-day workshop for early career researchers held at ICMS, 19-20 June 2025 - Diophantine Equations, Combinatorics, Analysis in Number Theory: Emerging Researchers

Another objective was to celebrate Trevor Wooley’s revolutionary contributions across these three areas. Trevor has been an inspirational leader in these fields for decades, and many of us would relish the opportunity to reflect on his ongoing breakthrough work.

Mathematika Special Issue:

We are pleased to announce that Mathematika will publish a special issue in honour of Trevor Wooley, edited by Bob Vaughan and Joerg Brüdern. We warmly encourage all participants to consider contributing. Submissions can be made here and any queries should be directed to mathematika@lms.ac.uk. Please note that all submissions will be refereed.

Programme:

MONDAY 23 JUNE
Registration and refreshments
Welcome and housekeeping
Jörg Brüdern, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen On the sum of a power and a prime
Refreshments
Robert Vaughan, Penn State University On the sum of a square and a cube
Lunch
Jim Wright, University of Edinburgh The multilinear circle method
Refreshments
Per Salberger, Chalmers University of Technology Counting rational points on threefolds and fourfolds
Welcome reception, hosted at ICMS
TUESDAY 24 JUNE
Rainer Dietmann, Royal Holloway, University of London Through the Cubic Looking Glass: Lines and Local Solutions
Refreshments
Simon Leo Rydin Myerson, Chalmers University of Technology / University of Gothenburg Systems of many forms with differing degrees
Lunch
Yu-Ru Liu, University of Waterloo Equidistribution of Polynomial Sequences in Function Fields
Refreshments
Julia Wolf, University of Cambridge From additive number theory to model theory and back: the structure of stable sets
WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE
James Maynard, University of Oxford Large value estimates for Dirichlet polynomials and primes in short intervals
Refreshments
Ayla Gafni, University of Mississippi The Prime Number Theorem in Short Intervals
Lunch and free afternoon
THURSDAY 26 JUNE
Sarah Peluse, Stanford University Title TBC
Refreshments
Sean Prendiville, Lancaster University A multidimensional version of a nonlinear Roth theorem
Lunch
Tim Browning, IST Austria The characteristic p analogue
Refreshments
Pankaj Vishe, Durham University Effective equidistribution of unipotent orbits and the circle method
Workshop dinner, hosted at St Leonard’s Hall 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh EH16 5AY
FRIDAY 27 JUNE
Lillian Pierce, Duke University Counting integral points in thin sets
Refreshments
Thomas Bloom, University of Manchester Title TBC
Lunch and end of workshop

Sponsors and Funders:

  • ICMS
  • NSF