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== Structure of the course ==

 * Quick review of Elliptic curves over Q and the Mordell-Weil theorem

 * Elliptic curves over finite fields, heuristics for their distribution and the naive version of BSD

 * L-functions of elliptic curves and the BSD-conjecture

 * Root numbers and how to compute them

 * Parity predictions, Gldfeld's [spelling error on purpose due to antispam filter] conjecture and ranks of elliptic curves over number fields

== Prerequisites ==

Some familiarity with basic algebraic number theory (number fields, primes), and having seen elliptic curves

== Computational projects ==

There will be many small problems and larger assignments to play with, illustrating all the concepts and conjectures from the course

Tim Dokchitser (Cambridge University): Complex L-functions and the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture

Structure of the course

  • Quick review of Elliptic curves over Q and the Mordell-Weil theorem
  • Elliptic curves over finite fields, heuristics for their distribution and the naive version of BSD
  • L-functions of elliptic curves and the BSD-conjecture
  • Root numbers and how to compute them
  • Parity predictions, Gldfeld's [spelling error on purpose due to antispam filter] conjecture and ranks of elliptic curves over number fields

Prerequisites

Some familiarity with basic algebraic number theory (number fields, primes), and having seen elliptic curves

Computational projects

There will be many small problems and larger assignments to play with, illustrating all the concepts and conjectures from the course

days22/dokchitser (last edited 2010-08-10 11:30:48 by Armin Straub)