West Coast Number Theory

For this year’s 50th anniversary conference, we are planning a special session of historical talks. If you’d like to give a talk that reflects on a historical aspect of number theory, your work, or the conference itself, please make a note on your registration form.

Hello Number Theorists,

Please join us for the 50th anniversary edition of the West Coast Number Theory Conference, to be held Dec 16-20, 2019, where it all began back in 1969:

Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, CA
http://westcoastnumbertheory.org

The early registration rate for students, postdocs, and retirees is $75; for all others it is $100. Early registration ends November 1, 2019, after which registration will increase by $25. Financial assistance is available for those who need it.

Full details on registration and accommodations can be found here on the website. Note if you are applying for funding, you must stay at Asilomar as part of the conference block

We hope you can make a special effort to come celebrate with us in December!

Sincerely,

Your WCNT 2019 organizers:

• Kjell Wooding,
• Amy Wooding,
• Colin Weir,
• Amanda Tucker,
• Kevin McGown, and
• Eva Goedhart

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Emma and Dick Lehmer prizes, given to the committee’s favorite talks of the conference. The 2018 recipients are:

• David Nguyen: The k-fold divisor function in arithmetic progression to large moduli
• Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo: Diophantine tuples over Z_p

Congratulations to our 2018 recipients!