Abstract:

I will discuss the problem of computing an exact formula for the probability that a random quadratic or cubic form is soluble over the p-adics. I will also describe what is known about the related global problems. The new results are joint work with Bhargava, Cremona, Jones and Keating.

Speaker
Tom Fisher
Research Area
Number Theory Seminar
Affiliation
Cambridge
Date
Wed, 24/09/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue
Red Centre M032, UNSW