Speaker: Steve Gelbart </br>
Title:Lower bounds for L-functions </br>

Abstract: </br>
       In 1899 de la Vallee Poissin proved a good lower bound for 
 Riemann's zeta function on Re(s)=1. Using the theory of Eisenstein series, 
Sarnak can now prove the same result from a completely new approach. In this 
talk, we shall discuss a generalization of Sarnak's method for arbitrary
automorphic L. Our work is joint with Erez Lapid and Peter Sarnak.