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"The Ubiquity of Elliptic Curves" by Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University

Date:

Tuesday 4th September 2007

Venue: Lecture Theatre C004, Health Sciences
Time: 7:30 PM

Public Lecture: "The Ubiquity of Elliptic Curves" by Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University

Elliptic curves are amazing mathematical objects whose frequent appearances in mathematics and physics
range from cryptography to string theory to Fermat's Last Theorem. In this talk Professor Silverman will give
an elementary introduction to elliptic curves and an intuitive non-technical description of their applications.

Joseph H. Silverman is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Brown University, USA. He has written
many books and research papers on number theory and cryptography. Two of his books on elliptic curves won
the AMS Steele prize for mathematical exposition (1998). He is a cofounder of NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc,
a former Sloan Fellow, a former Guggenheim Fellow, and has been an Invited Lecturer on many occasions.

For more information see www.shannoninstitute.ie

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