Colloquium: Joseph H. Silverman (Brown University)

When:
January 15, 2016 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
2016-01-15T15:30:00-10:00
2016-01-15T16:30:00-10:00
Where:
Keller 401
Colloquia and seminars

Speaker:Joseph H. Silverman (Brown University)

Title: The Ubiquity of Elliptic Curves

Abstract: Elliptic curves are amazing mathematical objects that have rich geometric, algebraic, and analytic structures. They appear frequently in mathematics and physics with applications ranging from cryptography to string theory to Fermat’s Last Theorem. In this survey talk I will explain what elliptic curves are and briefly describe some of their many uses in mathematics and physics.