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SUMMARY:Elliptic Curves - Prof. Kevin Buzzard (Imperial)
DTSTART:20130222T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Elliptic Curves can be thought of topologically as a torus\, o
 r algebraically as the solutions to a cubic equation in two variables. The
 y have applications across mathematics\, but as a number theorist Prof. Bu
 zzard will stress the more arithmetic applications they've had in recent t
 imes\, for example to the congruent number problem and Fermat's Last Theor
 em. He will also say something about the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture\
 , one of the most important unsolved problems in number theory.
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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