Thursday, June 30, 2011 John Jackson, MA candidate, UMaine Mathematics.  Advisor: Andrew Knightly. Thesis defense: “Twisted L-functions and Modular Forms” 108 Neville Hall. 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm. Abstract: Modular forms are holomorphic functions on the complex upper half-plane that transform nicely under the action of elements of SL2(Z). Since the 1950’s they have occupied a