AMS Short Course: Computing with Elliptic Curves using Sage

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January 2-3, 2012 in Boston, MA at the joint AMS/MAA meetings

After the Short Course, please visit the Sage booth in the Joint Meetings exhibits area!

Precourse Preparation

Read through the following (all are free):

The Official Sage Tutorial: html or pdf

The Official Python Tutorial: html or pdf

Three Lectures about Explicit Methods in Number Theory Using Sage: html or pdf

Course Materials

Schedule

We are in the official AMS schedule.

January 2, 2012

9:00am - 10:30am Kiran Kedlaya: Introduction to Python and Sage 10:30am - 11:00am Break 11:00am - 12:30pm Software Session 1: QA format -- How do I do XXX in Sage? 12:30pm - 2:00pm Break (lunch) 2:00pm - 3:30pm Ken Ribet: Computing with elliptic curves over finite fields using Sage 3:30pm - 4:00pm Break 4:00pm - 5:00pm Software Session 2: Problem format -- try to solve a problem yourself using Sage 5:00pm – 6:30pm Reception: Back Bay Ballroom D - Sheraton

January 3, 2012

9:00am - 10:30am Jared Weinstein: Computing with elliptic curves over the rational numbers using Sage 10:30am – 11:00am Break 11:00am - 12:30pm William Stein: Computing with the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture using Sage 12:30pm – 2:00pm Break (lunch) 2:00pm - 3:30pm Elkies: Computing with Elliptic Surfaces 3:30pm – 4:00pm Break 4:00pm – 5:00pm Software Session 3: QA format -- How do I do XXX in Sage?

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