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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Department of Mathematics Retiree Luncheon
11:30 am   in Kennedy's Restaurant,  Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Abstract: The Department of Mathematics Retiree Luncheon will be held from 11:30 to 2 p.m. at Kennedy's Restaurant in Urbana.

Number Theory Seminar
1:00 pm   in 241 Altgeld Hall,  Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Scott Ahlgren (UIUC Math)
Central values of modular L-functions mod p
Abstract: I will discuss recent work with Jeremy Rouse in which we prove non-vanishing theorems for the values in the title, and give applications for elliptic curves. We use many of the tools introduced in Jeremy's beautiful talk on Tuesday, 10/13.


1:00 pm   in Altgeld Hall,  Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Pi Mu Epsilon Induction Ceremony
7:00 pm   in 245 Altgeld Hall,  Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Matthew Ando (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
Elliptic curves
Abstract: I know of no better way to be gobsmacked by the unity of mathematics than to contemplate elliptic curves, which have been an endless source of new ideas in mathematics since at least the development of calculus. I'll survey a small part of this history.

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