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
8:00 - 8:50 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 - 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
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)

Afternoon Session
1:00 - 2:00
Edray Goins (Pomona College)

Pell's Equations and Continued Fractions

2:00 - 3:00 Problem Session #2
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30
4:30 - 5:30 Professional Development Session #1

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:40 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
8:45 - 9:45
Anthony Várilly-Alvarado (Rice University)

Expository Talk: The Geometry behind Fermat's Last Theorem

9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:00
Edray Goins (Pomona College)

From Pendula to Elliptic Curves

11:00 - 12:00 Problem Session #3
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)

Afternoon Session
1:00 - 2:00
Cris Negron (University of Southern California (USC))

Expository Talk: Fun Times with Algebraic Groups

2:00 - 3:00 Professional Development Session #2