Jacob

Jacob Tsimerman

I am a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto. My research is primarily in Number Theory and surrounding topics. This year, I am at the Institute of Advanced Study for the Special Year on Arithmetic Geometry, Hodge Theory, and o-minimality.

Contact info

University of Toronto

Department of Mathematics

Email: jacobt at math dot toronto dot edu

Office: HU1001B, Department of Mathematics, 215 Huron Street, Toronto

Publications

PDF logo arXiv logo Functional Transcendence of Periods and the Geometric André-Grothendieck Period Conjecture
with Benjamin Bakker
Forum of Mathematics Sigma, 13 , Paper No. e97 (2025)
Abelian varieties not isogenous to Jacobians over global fields
with Ananth Shankar
Duke Mathematical Journal, accepted (2025)
Finite Orbits in Surfaces with a Double Elliptic Fibration and Torsion Values of Sections
with Paolo Corvaja, Umberto Zannier
Annales l'Institut Fourier, accepted (2025)
Definability of mixed period maps
with Benjamin Bakker, Yohan Brunebarbe, Bruno Klingler
Journal of the European Mathematical Society 26, No. 6, 2191-2209 (2024)
Towards an elementary formulation of the Riemann hypothesis in terms of permutation groups
with Will Cavendish
The Ramanujan Journal 64 (2), 343-353 (2024)
Quasiprojectivity of images of mixed period maps
with Benjamin Bakker, Yohan Brunebarbe
Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik 804, 1970-219 (2023)
Heuristics for the asymptotics of the number of Sn-number fields
with Arul Shankar
Journal of the London Mathematical Society 107 (5), 1613-1634 (2023)
Finiteness for self-dual classes in integral variations of Hodge structure
with Benjamin Bakker, Thomas W. Grimm, Christian Schnell
Épijournal de Géométrie Algébrique, 7, Article 13 (2023)
o-minimal GAGA and a conjecture of Griffiths
with Benjamin Bakker, Yohan Brunebarbe
Inventiones mathematicae 587, 163-228 (2022)
Independence of CM points in elliptic curves
with Jonathan Pila
Journal of the European Mathematical Society 24 (9), 3161-3182 (2021)
Appendix to: Bounds for the stalks of perverse sheaves in characteristic p and a conjecture of Shende and Tsimerman
Inventiones mathematicae 208 (2020)
Tame Topology of Arithmetic Quotients and Algebraicity of Hodge Loci
with Benjamin Bakker, Bruno Klingler
Journal of the American Mathematical Society 33, 917-939 (2020)
Bounds on 2-torsion in class groups of number fields and integral points on elliptic curves
with Manjul Bhargava, Arul Shankar, Takashi Taniguchi, Frank Thorne, Yongqiang Zhao
Journal of the American Mathematical Society 33 (4), 1087-1099 (2020)
PDF logo arXiv logo The Ax-Schanuel Conjecture for Variations of Hodge Structures
with Benjamin Bakker
Inventiones mathematicae 217 (1), 77-94 (2019)
PDF logo arXiv logo Ax-Schanuel for Shimura Varieties
with
Ngaiming Mok and Jonathan Pila
Annals of Mathematics, 189 (3), 945-978 (2019)
PDF logo arXiv logo Cohen Lenstra Heuristics for Étale Group Schemes and Symplectic Pairings
with
Michael Lipnowski
Compositio Mathematica 155 (4), 758-775 (2019)
PDF logo arXiv logo Constructing Elliptic Curves from Galois Representations
with
Andrew Snowden
Compositio Mathematica 154 (10), 2045-2054 (2018)
PDF logo arXiv logo Unlikely intersections in finite characteristic
with
Ananth Shankar
Forum of Mathematics, Sigma 6 (2018)
PDF logo arXiv logo How large is \(\mathscr{A}_g(\mathbb{F}_q)\)?
with
Michael Lipnowski
Duke Mathematical Journal 167 (18), 3403-3453 (2018)
PDF logo arXiv logo The geometric torsion conjecture for abelian varieties with real multiplication
with
Benjamin Bakker
Journal of Differential Geometry 109 (3), 379-409 (2018)
PDF logo arXiv logo The Kodaira dimension of complex hyperbolic manifolds with cusps
with
Benjamin Bakker
Compositio Mathematica 154 (3), 549-564 (2018)
PDF logo arXiv logo Equidistribution in Bun2(\(\mathbb{P}^1\))
with
Vivek Shende
Duke Mathematical Journal 166, no. 18 (2017)
PDF logo arXiv logo Multiplicative relations among singular moduli
with
Jonathan Pila
Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. (5) 17 no. 4, 1357-1382 (2017)
PDF logo arXiv logo p-torsion monodromy representations of elliptic curves over geometric function fields
with
Benjamin Bakker
Annals of Mathematics 184, No. 3 , 709-744 (2016)
PDF logo arXiv logo Ax-Schanuel for the j-function
with
Jonathan Pila
Duke Mathematical Journal 165 (13), 2587-2605 (2016)
PDF logo arXiv logo The André-Oort conjecture for \(\mathscr{A}_g\)
Annals of Mathematics, 187 (2), 379-390 (2015)
PDF logo arXiv logo Ax-Lindemann for \(\mathscr{A}_g\)
with
Jonathan Pila
Annals of Mathematics 179, No. 2 , 659-681 (2014)
PDF logo arXiv logo Counting S5 quintic fields with a power saving error term
with Arul Shankar
Forum of Mathematics, Sigma 2 (2014)
PDF logo arXiv logo The André-Oort conjecture for the moduli space of Abelian Surfaces
with
Jonathan Pila
Compositio Mathematica 149 , Issue 02, 204-216 (2013)
PDF logo arXiv logo Non-split Sums of Coefficients of GL(2)-Automorphic Forms
with
Nicholas Templier
Israel Journal of Mathematics 195 ,Issue 2 , 677-723 (2013)
PDF logo arXiv logo The Existence of an Abelian Variety over the Algebraic Numbers isogenous to no Jacobian
Annals of Mathematics 176 , 637-650 (2012)
PDF logo arXiv logo Brauer-Siegel for Arithmetic Tori and lower bounds for Galois orbits of special points
Journal of the American Mathematical Society 25 , 1091-1117 (2012)
PDF logo arXiv logo Local spectral equidistribution for Siegel modular forms and applications
with
Emmanuel Kowalski and Abishek Saha
Compositio Mathematica 148, Issue 2, 335-384 (2012)
PDF logo arXiv logo A note on Fourier coefficients of Poincare series
with
Emmanuel Kowalski and Abishek Saha
Mathematika 57, Issue 1, 31-40 (2011)
PDF logo arXiv logo Metaplectic Ramanujan conjecture over function fields with applications to quadratic forms
with Ali Altuğ

International Mathematics Research Notices (13), 3465-3558 (2014)
PDF logo arXiv logo On the Davenport-Heilbronn theorems and second order terms
with
Manjul Bhargava and Arul Shankar
Inventiones mathematicae 193 , Issue 2, 439-499 (2013)
PDF logo arXiv logo Sum-product estimates for rational functions
with Boris Bukh
Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. 104 , 1-26 (2012)
PDF logo arXiv logo An analysis of a war-like card game
with Boris Alexeev
American Mathematical Monthly 119 , no. 9, 793-795 (2012)
PDF logo arXiv logo Equations resolving a conjecture of Rado on partition regularity
with Boris Alexeev
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 117 , no. 7, 1008-1010 (2010)
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On Linnik and Selbergs Conjecture about Sums of Kloosterman Sums
with Peter Sarnak
Manin Festschrift 157, Progress in Math., Birkhauser. (2010)

Preprints

Finiteness of function field-valued points on exceptional Shimura varieties
with Benjamin Bakker, Ananth Shankar
(2025)
Secondary terms in the counting functions of quartic fields I
with Arul Shankar
(2025)
Secondary terms in the counting functions of quartic fields II
with Arul Shankar
(2025)
On the generalized toroidal completion of period mappings
with Haohua Deng
(2025)
Baily-Borel compactifications of period images and the b-semiampleness conjecture
with Benjamin Bakker, Stefano Filipazzi, Mirko Mauri
(2025)
Non-trivial bounds on 2,3,4, and 5-torsion in class groups of number fields, conditional on standard L-function conjectures
with Arul Shankar
(2025)
Integral Canonical Models of Exceptional Shimura Varieties
with Benjamin Bakker, Ananth Shankar
(2024)
Periods in Families and Derivatives of Period Maps
with Benjamin Bakker, Jonathan Pila
(2024)
Compact Subvarieties of the Moduli Space of Complex Abelian Varieties
with Sam Grushevsky, Gabriele Mondello, Riccardo Salvati Manni
(2024)
Abelian varieties are not quotients of low-dimension Jacobians
(2023)
Ax-Schanuel and exceptional integrability
with Jonathan Pila
(2022)
Canonical Heights on Shimura Varieties and the André-Oort Conjecture
with Jonathan Pila, Ananth Shankar
Appendix by Hélène Esnault and Michael Groechenig
(2021)
Cohen-Lenstra heuristics and bilinear pairings in the presence of roots of unity
with Michael Lipnowski, Will Sawin
(2020)
Densities of eigenspaces of Frobenius and distributions of R-modules
with Jack Klys
(2019)

Notes

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A proof of Ax-Schanuel using o-minimality
Note, Sep 2013.
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A direct proof of Mulmuley's weak #P versus NC result
with Boris Alexeev
Note, Feb 2009.

Courses

Spring 2020, Linear Algebra - MAT247H1S

Fall 2019, Topology - MAT327H1F

Fall 2019, Problem Solving Seminar - MAT475H1F

Spring 2018, Number Theory - MAT382H1S

Algebraic Number Theory - MAT415H1S

Problem Solving Seminar - MAT495H1S

Lecture Notes

Introduction to Étale Cohomology