Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012
SEMINAR
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Speaker |
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Prof. Ralph Greenberg |
| Affiliation | : | University of Washington |
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Subject Area |
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Mathematics
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Venue |
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Lecture Hall - I, Dept of Mathematics
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Time |
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4.00 pm
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Date |
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April 3,2008 (Thursday) |
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Title |
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The Behavior of the Mordell-Weil Groups for an Elliptic Curve. |
| Abstract | : |
The set of points on an
elliptic curve with coordinates in a given field K can be naturally made
into an abelian group. The structure of this group varies considerably as
the field K is allowed to vary. Nevertheless there is some degree of
regularity to this behavior, partly proven, but mostly conjectural. We will
describe what we know about this topic. |