The favorite elliptic curve of Richard
Speaker: Jaap Top
Date: Fri, Oct 2, 2020
Location: Zoom, PIMS, University of Calgary
Conference: The Unsolved Problems Conference: Celebrating the living legacy of the mathematics of Richard Guy
Subject: Mathematics, Number Theory
Class: Scientific
Date: Fri, Oct 2, 2020
Location: Zoom, PIMS, University of Calgary
Conference: The Unsolved Problems Conference: Celebrating the living legacy of the mathematics of Richard Guy
Subject: Mathematics, Number Theory
Class: Scientific
Abstract:
Even in the title of one of his papers, Richard Guy called the elliptic curve with equation $y^2 = x^3 - 4x + 4$ his favorite. During the CNTA-XIV meeting in Calgary in 2016, I recalled some of his reasons for this (with Richard listening from the front row). The story as well as a few additional developments will also be the topic of the present lecture.
