Sage Days 36: p-adics in Sage

February 19-23, 2012, UC San Diego

This workshop will focus on p-adic numbers and associated structures in Sage. There will be a substantial emphasis on core structures (arithmetic, p-adic fields, extension fields, polynomials and power series, linear algebra) and in particular on fixing bugs in these. Other topics may include: p-adic special functions, p-adic L-functions, p-adic Hodge theory, p-adic cohomology and zeta functions, p-adic modular forms.

Note to participants: if you haven't already, please join the Google group sagedays36 for further announcements.

Schedule (still tentative!)

We have one large classroom (APM 6402) and one smaller classroom (APM 6218) reserved Sunday-Thursday. During talks in one room, the other room will be available for undisturbed coding.

Sunday

10-10:15

Kiran Kedlaya

APM 6402

Welcome and orientation

10:15-12

?

APM 6402

Introduction to Sage for people new to Sage

12-1

everyone

UCSD campus

Lunch

1-2

David Roe

APM 6402

The State of p-adics in Sage

2-3:30

everyone

APM 6402

Coding sprint organization

3:30-5

everyone

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

5-7:30

everyone

campus or La Jolla

Dinner in small groups

7:30-3

nightowls

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

Monday

8-11

morning birds

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

11-12

Sebastian Pancratz

APM 6402

p-adics in FLINT

12-1

everyone

UCSD campus

Lunch

1-2

?

APM 6402 or 6218

A talk

2-3

?

APM 6402 or 6218

A talk

3-5

everyone

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

5-7:30

everyone

campus or La Jolla

Dinner in small groups

7:30-3

nightowls

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

Tuesday

8-11

morning birds

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

11-12

?

APM 6402 or 6218

A talk

12-1

everyone

UCSD campus

Lunch

1-2

?

APM 6402 or 6218

A talk

2-3

John Voight

APM 6218

Number theory seminar: TBA

3-5

everyone

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

5-7:30

everyone

campus or La Jolla

Dinner in small groups

7:30-3

nightowls

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

Wednesday

8-11

morning birds

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

11-12

?

APM 6402 or 6218

A talk

12-1

everyone

UCSD campus

Lunch

1-2

?

APM 6402 or 6218

A talk

2-4:30

everyone

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

4:30-5:30

Mirela Çiperiani

APM 6218

Number theory seminar: The divisibility of the Tate-Shafarevich group of an elliptic curve in the Weil-Chatelet group

5:30-7:30

everyone

campus or La Jolla

Dinner in small groups

7:30-3

nightowls

APM 6402/6218

Coding sprint

Thursday

10-11

everyone

APM 6402

Wrapup

11-1

stragglers

UCSD campus

Lunch

1-4

stragglers

APM 6402

Low-key coding

4-5

Fernando Rodiguez-Villegas

APM 6402

Colloquium: TBA

6-8

stragglers

La Jolla

Colloquium dinner

Sunday

9-5?

stragglers

APM 6402

Southern California Number Theory Day

6-8?

stragglers

La Jolla

Conference dinner

Organizers

Participants

The following participants are planning to attend.

Remote Participants

We're planning on having some mechanisms for people to participate remotely. Keep an eye on this space for details.

The following people are planning on participating remotely.

Projects

Watch this space for more about proposed projects for this Sage Days.

Venue

Workshop activities will be in the math department, mostly in room APM 6402. We also have APM 6418 for use as a breakout room. Use this campus map to get oriented; look for building APM (Applied Physics and Mathematics), labeled 249 on the map.

The UCSD-GUEST wireless network is available throughout campus; registration is open but must be repeated once per day. You can also use the eduroam network if your home campus supports this.

Housing and Transportation

If you're receiving funding from us, please purchase your tickets as soon as possible and e-mail the receipt to David. If you'd like to fly on a non-US carrier, please check with us first (or just use a code share ticket at the same price).

We have a group rate at the Clarion Del Mar Inn. By default, everyone will check in on Saturday evening and check out on Thursday, and reservations are already made. If you'd prefer something else (arriving or departing early or late, a room upgrade from the default single with queen bed, extra rooms for family who want to enjoy San Diego...) please contact David at roed [at] math [dot] harvard [dot] edu.

We'll be commuting from the hotel to the math department in a fleet of rental cars. If you're interested in volunteering as a driver, please contact David as well. A backup option is the 101 bus (the "Breeze"), which has stops close to both the hotel and the math department but is not very fast or frequent (and stops running at 9:30 PM). The fare is $1.75 each way (exact change required); maps and timetables are here.

Parking enforcement at UCSD is quite strict. Avoid problems by parking as follows. (See the campus map for lot locations.)

To get from San Diego Airport to the hotel, your best bet is to rendezvous with someone renting a car; we will email a list of arrival times so you can prepare for this in advance, or you can call Kiran from the airport for assistance. (Note that there are three terminals at SAN: the Commuter Terminal for all flights from LAX; Terminal 1 for United, Alaska, and Southwest; and Terminal 2 for other carriers. All rental cars are offsite; each company runs a shuttle to its rental location.) If all else fails, follow the signs for ground transportation and look for Supershuttle or Cloud 9 (and get a receipt).

Sustenance

There are many options for lunch within a short walk from APM. The closest ones (and their labels on the campus map):

For coffee on campus, try the coffee kiosk just south of the Mandeville Center (285), Goody's, or Espresso Roma or Perks in the Price Center. (In case you don't drink coffee, there is a Jamba Juice in the Price Center.)

From the hotel, there are numerous restaurants within walking distance along Camino del Mar. Of course, there are more options reachable by car.