(New page: I'm Jamie Weigandt, I am graduate student in the department of mathematics specializing in Algorithmic Number Theory, Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, and Arithmetic Statistics. =Note on th...)
 
 
(36 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
I'm Jamie Weigandt, I am graduate student in the department of mathematics specializing in Algorithmic Number Theory, Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, and Arithmetic Statistics.
+
==Jamie Weigandt==
  
=Note on this page=
+
[[Image:jamie.jpg|160px]]
  
For the time being I will use LaTeX code freely when editing this page.  
+
Jamie Weigandt is an alumnus of the Purdue mathematics department (2008) and starting his third year of graduate studies in the same department. He's beginning his second year in the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program studying Algebra and Number Theory with Prof. Edray Goins. He's particularly interested computational and statistical questions concerning the arithmetic of elliptic curves.
  
==Thought for Later==
+
= Note on this page =
It seems likely that jsmath functionality could easily be added to Rhea so that this code would TeX on the fly as people opened it. As far as I recall from a question on math overflow, this only requires one to place a one-liner in the page source code provided jsmath is installed on the server. Perhaps Rhea, or at least the portion of Rhea that is intended for use by mathematicians should have this feature.
+
  
=The Bigfoot Project=
+
For the time being I will use LaTeX code freely when editing this page. When the jsmath plugin is installed it should TeX on the fly in your browser.
  
As a motivating project for learning a lot of background material I am engaged in what I consider a mythical quest to find an elliptic curve over $\Bbb Q$ with torsion subgroup $Z_2 \times Z_8$ and Mordell-Weil rank at least 4. Such a curve is affectionally referred to by my friends and I as "The Bigfoot." This nomenclature is somewhat misleading, such a curve, should it exist is not by any stretch of the imagination expected to be unique. I hope to expound on the status of this project at a later date.
+
= Projects =
  
For now I will be motivated in my development of this page by 3 facts:
+
I'm hoping to use this space to describe some of my current projects. These include
  
* My bank account is suffering from conference fatigue.
+
* A database of Elliptic Curves with Prescribed Torsion
* There is an essay contest for which I can win $100.
+
* Connections between the Mordell-Weil ranks and Szpiro Ratios of elliptic curves
* I'd like to stop eating at Taco Bell.
+
* Finding elliptic curves of conductor less than $10^6$ which do not appear in the Stein-Watkins database.
 +
* Transfers that Track Down Atypical ABC Triples. (I was feeling whimsical... deal with it!)
 +
* Work with Matt Davis and James Ryan concerning the Erdös-Woods problem.
  
That being said I'll get right to this following section:
+
There are also a number of current developments in the field that I will be trying to learn about. These include
  
=Why do I "math"?=
+
* The work of Mazur and Rubin reducing Hilbert's Tenth Problem for the rings of integers of number fields to the Shafarevich-Tate conjecture.
 +
* The work of Bhargava the average size of Selmer groups of elliptic curves.
 +
* Heath-Brown's result on the distribution of Selmer ranks of elliptic curves, and the subsequent generalization to "generic" curves with full two-torsion by Swinnerton-Dyer.
 +
* The two recent proofs of the ABC conjecture for the ring of entire functions. I will need to learn some Nevanlinna theory to understand this business.
  
==Note about the Development of this Essay==
+
= Essay Contest Entry =
  
As this is a wiki page, I will take the liberty to develop my essay freely on this page. That being said, there will initially be a lot of material that is unclear. I won't make sense to anyone but myself, or perhaps not even myself. Hopefully, since a record of these edits will remain, it will provide insight anyone trying to write a similar essay. This seems quite similar to one of those "Statement of Purpose" type questions that anyone wanting to go to grad school will have to write about.
+
If you're looking for my essay contest entry for "Why do I 'math'?", it can be found [[Why_do_I_math_-_Weigandt | here ]].

Latest revision as of 04:18, 13 August 2010

Jamie Weigandt

Jamie.jpg

Jamie Weigandt is an alumnus of the Purdue mathematics department (2008) and starting his third year of graduate studies in the same department. He's beginning his second year in the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program studying Algebra and Number Theory with Prof. Edray Goins. He's particularly interested computational and statistical questions concerning the arithmetic of elliptic curves.

Note on this page

For the time being I will use LaTeX code freely when editing this page. When the jsmath plugin is installed it should TeX on the fly in your browser.

Projects

I'm hoping to use this space to describe some of my current projects. These include

  • A database of Elliptic Curves with Prescribed Torsion
  • Connections between the Mordell-Weil ranks and Szpiro Ratios of elliptic curves
  • Finding elliptic curves of conductor less than $10^6$ which do not appear in the Stein-Watkins database.
  • Transfers that Track Down Atypical ABC Triples. (I was feeling whimsical... deal with it!)
  • Work with Matt Davis and James Ryan concerning the Erdös-Woods problem.

There are also a number of current developments in the field that I will be trying to learn about. These include

  • The work of Mazur and Rubin reducing Hilbert's Tenth Problem for the rings of integers of number fields to the Shafarevich-Tate conjecture.
  • The work of Bhargava the average size of Selmer groups of elliptic curves.
  • Heath-Brown's result on the distribution of Selmer ranks of elliptic curves, and the subsequent generalization to "generic" curves with full two-torsion by Swinnerton-Dyer.
  • The two recent proofs of the ABC conjecture for the ring of entire functions. I will need to learn some Nevanlinna theory to understand this business.

Essay Contest Entry

If you're looking for my essay contest entry for "Why do I 'math'?", it can be found here .

Alumni Liaison

Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and Purdue Alumni

Prof. Dan Fleetwood