PUNDiT: Practicum for Undergraduates in Number Theory - IPAM

PUNDiT: Practicum for Undergraduates in Number Theory

October 21 - 22, 2023

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Morning Session

08:00-08:50
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:50-09:00
Welcome and Introductions
09:00-10:00
Rosa Orellana (Dartmouth College)
Expository Talk: Chromatic Polynomials
10:00-11:00
Edray Goins (Pomona College)
A Survey of Diophantine Equations
11:00-12:00
Problem Session #1

Afternoon Session

12:00-13:00
Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)
13:00-14:00
Edray Goins (Pomona College)
Pell's Equations and Continued Fractions
14:00-15:00
Problem Session #2
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Lori Watson (Trinity College)
Expository Talk: Introduction to the Hasse Principle
16:30-17:30
Professional Development Session #1

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Morning Session

08:00-08:40
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:45-09:45
Anthony Várilly-Alvarado (Rice University)
Expository Talk: The Geometry behind Fermat's Last Theorem
09:45-10:00
Break
10:00-11:00
Edray Goins (Pomona College)
From Pendula to Elliptic Curves
11:00-12:00
Problem Session #3

Afternoon Session

12:00-13:00
Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)
13:00-14:00
Cris Negron (University of Southern California (USC))
Expository Talk: Fun Times with Algebraic Groups
14:00-15:00
Professional Development Session #2
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