Student Algebra-Number Theory Archives for Fall 2017 to Spring 2018


Zeta Functions of Some Simple Shimura Varieties

When: Tue, September 13, 2016 - 1:00pm
Where: MATH 2300
Speaker: Patrick Daniels (UMD) -


Torsion of Elliptic Curves in Cyclotomic Extensions, II

When: Thu, October 6, 2016 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 2300
Speaker: Adam Lizzi (UMD) -


Conjectures on the reductions of abelian varieties over the rationals ℚ

When: Thu, October 20, 2016 - 1:00pm
Where: MATH 2300
Speaker: Sam Bloom (UMD) -


The Riemann-Hurwitz theorem in Iwasawa Theory

When: Thu, November 17, 2016 - 1:00pm
Where: MATH 2300
Speaker: Dan Zollers (UMD) -


Qualifying problems in algebraic geometry (2)

When: Thu, December 8, 2016 - 1:00pm
Where: MATH 2300
Speaker: ensemble cast (UMD) -


Organizational meeting, plus algebraic geometry problems (3)

When: Tue, January 31, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: MATH 2300
Speaker: ensemble (UMD) -


The virtual fundamental class

When: Mon, February 6, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Weikun Wang (UMD) -


Cohomology of Hessenberg Varieties

When: Tue, February 21, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Rebecca Black (UMD) -


The square sieve and a Lang-Trotter question for generic abelian varieties

When: Tue, February 28, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Sam Bloom (UMD) -


Qualifying problems in algebraic geometry, IV

When: Tue, March 7, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Ensemble (UMD) -


The local Igusa zeta function for quadratic polynomials

When: Tue, April 4, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Raemeon Cowan (UMD) -


What is a perverse sheaf?

When: Tue, April 11, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Danny Kaufman (UMD) -


In-descent exposure -- an introduction to the method of infinite descent

When: Tue, April 18, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Nathan Dykas (UMD) -


Computing Some Iwasawa Invariants

When: Tue, May 2, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Dan Zollers (UMD) -


Etale pi_1 of elliptic curves

When: Tue, May 9, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Adam Lizzi (UMD) -


p-adic L-functions

When: Thu, May 25, 2017 - 1:00pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 3206
Speaker: Steven Reich (UMD) -