This semester we feature a special series of lectures on modular
forms and Galois representations. 

For the initial lectures, we will follow Milne's lectures notes: 
http://www.jmilne.org/math/ Modular Functions and Modular Forms.
Initial talks will be presented by our distinguished postgraduate 
student.  Honours students and postgraduates interested in 
learning about the fascinating area of modular forms are encouraged 
to attend.

2004/03/26: Ben Smith, Chapters 1 & 2.
2004/04/02: Hai Trung Ho, Chapters 3 & 4.
2004/04/08: David Gruenewald, Chapters 5 & 6.
   (Note the exceptional day, Thursday, for Gruenewald before Easter break.)
2004/04/23: Martine Girard, Chapters 8 & 10.
2004/04/30: David Kohel, Chapter 11
2004/05/07: King Fai Lai, Chapter 12

Continuing in this series we hope to have a series of lectures on 
the topic of modular forms and Galois representations.  The lectures 
which follow may include:

Joost van Hamel: 
   Summary of etale cohomology
Cristian Virdol: 
   Realisation of Galois representations associated to modular forms
David Kohel:
   Modular forms modulo p and p^n.