Monthly Archives: June 2017

New Results in Modularity, Part II

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Persiflage

This is part two of series on work in progress with Patrick Allen, Ana Caraiani, Toby Gee, David Helm, Bao Le Hung, James Newton, Peter Scholze, Richard Taylor, and Jack Thorne. Click here for Part I It has been almost … Continue reading →

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New Results In Modularity, Part I

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Persiflage

I usually refrain from talking directly about my papers, and this reticence stems from wishing to avoid any appearance of tooting my own horn. On the other hand, nobody else seems to be talking about them either. Moreover, I have … Continue reading →

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In defense of Theresa May

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Persiflage

Nothing gives me more sympathy for Theresa May^* (or less respect for the Economist) than the following line from this article: Mrs May made do with a dowdier college and relaxed by watching “The Goodies”, a particularly dire comedy. Sacrilege! … Continue reading →

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Elementary Class Groups Updated

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Persiflage

In a previous post, I gave a short argument showing that, for odd primes p and N such that \(N \equiv -1 \mod p,\) the p-class group of \(\mathbf{Q}(N^{1/p})\) is non-trivial. This post is just to remark that the same … Continue reading →

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