Conference on Hilbert's 10th Problem
On March 15 and 16, 2007, CMI will hold a conference on Hilbert's 10th problem. The conference will open with a few words by George Csicsery, director and producer of Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem, and Constance Reid, biographer of David Hilbert, Julia Robinson, and other mathematicians. Csicsery will show a short clip of his work in progress. The rest of the program during the day on March 15-16 will be devoted to the mathematical talks. Talks on the morning of March 15 are intended for a general audience.
On the evening of March 15, a 45-minute cut of scenes from Csicsery's film will be shown at the Museum of Science, Boston. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.
Schedule
Thursday, March 15
| 9:00 | Coffee |
| 9:15-9:25 | Constance Reid, Genesis of the Hilbert Problems |
| 9:25-10:00 | George Csicsery, Film clip on life and work of Julia Robinson, discussion |
| 10:15-11:15 | Bjorn Poonen, Why number theory is hard |
| 11:30-12:30 | Yuri Matiyasevich, My collaboration with Julia Robinson |
| Break for Lunch | |
| 2:30-3:30 | Martin Davis, My collaboration with Hilary Putnam |
| 3:45-4:45 | Kirsten Eisentraeger, Hilbert's Tenth Problem for algebraic function fields |
| 7:30 | Film Screening at Cahners Theatre, Museum of Science. Scenes from Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem |
Friday, March 16
| 8:30 | Coffee |
| 9:00-10:00 | Yuri Matiyasevich, Hilbert's Tenth Problem: What was done and what is to be done |
| 10:15-11:15 | Gunther Cornelissen, Hard number-theoretical problems and elliptic curves |
| 11:30-12:30 | Alexandra Shlapentokh, Diophantine generation, horizontal and vertical problems, and the weak vertical method |
| Break for Lunch | |
| 2:00-3:00 | Yuri Matiyasevich, Computation paradigms in the light of Hilbert's Tenth Problem |
| 3:15-4:15 | Bjorn Poonen, Thoughts about the analogue for rational numbers |
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