844 - Elliptic curves and modular forms

Instructor: 
Jordan Ellenberg
Time and Place: 
1:00-2:15 PM, T Th
Course Content: 

An introduction to the theory of elliptic curves and modular forms, roughly following Silverman's book The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves. We will emphasize the study of elliptic curves over non-algebraically-closed fields and their rational points.