Undergraduate Seminar, Fall 2008

Topic: Elliptic curves

Text book: Joseph H. Silverman, The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, GTM 52

Meeting time: 6:30pm -- 8:30pm, Tuesdays

Meeting place: ROOM 507 MATH

My email address: mshen at math.columbia.edu

My office: 408 Math

Further reference:

1. Joseph H. Silverman, John Tate, Rational Points on Elliptic Curves

2. Algebraic Geometry background: R. Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry, GTM 52.

3. Algebraic number theory background: J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory.

4. Riemann surfaces: Forster, Lectures on Riemann Surfaces, GTM 81.

5. Oline recourses: J Milne's webpage