The Hakubi Project

An outstanding mathematician Martin Eichler commented that there were five elementary operations of mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and modular forms. Even though number theoretic problems look simple, we sometimes learn answers from highly mysterious objects. Modular forms and L-functions are good examples: Andrew Wiles solved Fermat's last theorem by demonstrating that L-functions of elliptic curves born of modular forms. My recent project is to construct modular forms systematically and explicitly. I hope my talk will help convince audiences, who are not familiar with mathematics, that modular forms know many more mysteries of numbers.

Before this seminar, Stefan-san (Hakubi 5th batch) will give a brief talk on his recent activities.