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Professor Toby Gee, Professor of Pure Mathematics, Department of Mathematics.
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Abstract
This lecture will explore the history of counting the number of points on elliptic curves, from ancient Greece to the present day. It will also discuss the law of quadratic reciprocity, a highlight of eighteenth century mathematics; recent controversies about cryptographic algorithms; and a unifying principle in mathematics, the Langlands program.
In the chair: Professor Richard Craster, Head of the Department of Mathematics
Vote of Thanks: Professor Kevin Buzzard, Professor of Pure Mathematics, Imperial College London
About the speaker
Toby Gee is a Professor of Pure Mathematics. He completed his PhD at Imperial College London in 2004, and after postdoctoral positions at Imperial, Northwestern University and Harvard University, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University in 2010.
In 2011 he was appointed Senior Lecturer at Imperial, and then promoted to Professor in 2013.
He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society, and a past winner of the London Mathematical Society Whitehead Prize and the Leverhulme Prize.