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Department of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Math 196/296 - Student Colloquium
William Stein
UCSD
Solving cubic equations -- an introduction to the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture
Abstract:
I will introduce cubic curves in the context of solving equations. I will then motivate and describe aspects of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, which predicts exactly when a cubic curve has infinitely many solutions over the rational numbers. This talk should be accessible to anybody with an interest in mathematics. \vskip .1in \noindent Refreshments will be provided!
Host:
October 6, 2005
12:00 PM
AP&M 2402
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