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Number Theory

Title: The Hasse principle for K3 surfaces
Speaker: Vivek Pal
Speaker Info: Columbia University
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In this talk I will unconditionally show that certain K3 surfaces satisfy the Hasse principle. Our method involves the 2-Selmer groups of simultaneous quadratic twists of two elliptic curves. I will describe the general method and explain the tools used.
Date: Monday, January 04, 2016
Time: 4:00PM
Where: Lunt 107
Contact Person: Yifeng Liu
Contact email: liuyf@math.northwestern.edu
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