From July 11th to July 22nd, 2005, a NATO advanced study institute, as part of the series Seminaire de mathematiques superieures, was held at the U- versite de Montreal, on the subject Equidistribution in the theory of numbers. There were about one hundred participants from sixteen countries around the world. This volume presents details of the lecture series that were given at the school. Across the broad panorama of topics that constitute modern number t- ory one nds shifts of attention and focus as more is understood and better questions are formulated. Over the last decade or so we have...

From July 11th to July 22nd, 2005, a NATO advanced study institute, as part of the series Seminaire de mathematiques superieures, was held at the U- versite de Montreal, on the subject Equidistribution in the theory of numbers. There were about one hundred participants from sixteen countries around the world. This volume presents details of the lecture series that were given at the school. Across the broad panorama of topics that constitute modern number t- ory one nds shifts of attention and focus as more is understood and better questions are formulated. Over the last decade or so we have...