Speaker:  Tony Feng (MIT)

Title:  Uniform Mordell: review and preview 1

Abstract:  In term of dependency on last semester’s material, I’d like to add that this semester’s STAGE will assume familiarity with basic theory of abelian varieties and heights, as covered in the fall, but *not* on the more specific material from last December’s talks. So don’t worry if you missed those!

Over the first two weeks I’ll advertise the subject of the upcoming talks and how they fit in the big picture, but please feel free to start signing up now (by e-mailing the organizers). An experimental feature of this semester’s schedule is the presence of 2-part talks, where you will team up with a partner to present in successive weeks.

________________________________

For more seminars go to https://researchseminars.org/seminar/STAGE.

Seminar Covid Statement

A notice to non-MIT seminar participants:  at this time, not all seminars are open to the general public, and access to the MIT campus is highly regulated.  Please check the seminar webpage or with the event organizer and confirm whether the seminar you'd like to attend is open to non-MIT (i.e. without CovidPass) attendees.  Some seminars may offer a Zoom option for off-campus participants.

To access MIT buildings for a math seminar without MIT's CovidPass, you must be invited via a Tim Ticket ahead of time.  There are no exceptions; please make sure to plan accordingly before coming to campus.  To be able to activate the Tim Ticket, the attendee will need to submit an attestation about vaccination and health status and provide contact info.

Finally, a reminder to all in-person participants, MIT covid policies must be adhered to: remember to keep your mask on while inside buildings, eating food is not allowed within lecture rooms, and if you are feeling sick on the day of the talk, please stay home!