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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 295 - Mathematics Colloquium

Rene Schoof

Universita di Roma Tor Vergata

Elliptic curves and modular curves

Abstract:

In 1972 J.-P. Serre proved an important theorem concerning the Galois action on the torsion points of elliptic curves over number fields. We describe a conjectural uniform version of this theorem and its relation to rational points on modular curves.

Host: Cristian Popescu

April 30, 2015

4:00 PM

AP&M 6402

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