NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR TALKS - FALL, 2006

October 3rd, 2006: Jordi Quer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
Fields of definition of building blocks, Abstract

October 10th, 2006: David Joyner, U.S. Naval Academy,
On quadratic residue codes and hyperelliptic curves, Abstract

October 17th, 24th, 2006: Trevor Arnold, University of Washington,
Iwasawa theory and BSD for modular forms, Abstract

October 31st, November 7th, 2006: Ralph Greenberg, University of Washington
Ordinary vs Supersingular reduction in Iwasawa theory Abstract

November 14th, 2006: Two seminars!
1.   Hendrik Lenstra, Universiteit Leiden,   2:30 - 3:30 in Padelford C-36
Ordering fields, Abstract

2.   Mark Watkins, University of Bristol,   4:00 - 5:00 in Loew Hall 105.
Heuristics for elliptic curves, Abstract

December 6th, 2006: Karl Rubin, University of California at Irvine,
Growth of ranks of elliptic curves in Galois extensions of number fields, Abstract

December 13th, 2006: Jordi Quer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Abstract