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Department of Mathematics Seminars and Talks

 
Seminar

Number/Representation Theory

Talk Information
Title
On the rank of certain elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}(t)$
Start date and time
14:10 on Wednesday October 21, 2026
Duration in minutes
50 (until 15:00 on Wednesday October 21, 2026)
Room
BA6183, Bahen Center, 40 St. George St.
Streaming password
817020
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Abstract

Let $E$ be a non-trivial elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}(t)$ of the form $E:y^2=x^3+f(t)$ for some polynomial $f(t)$. In this talk, I will first review some results on the rank and generators of the Mordell-Weil group $E(\mathbb{Q}(t))$ for certain families of polynomials $f(t)$, and then sketch the proof of my result for $f(t)=At^6+Bt^3+C$, which generalizes the result by Kloosterman (2026) and the result by Desjardins and Naskrecki (2024).

Speaker Information
Full Name
Zhengheng Bao
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Institution
University of Toronto
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