Monthly Archives: March 2019

Dembélé on Abelian Surfaces with good reduction everywhere

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Persiflage

New paper by Dembélé (friend of the blog) on abelian surfaces with good reduction everywhere (or rather, the lack of them for many real quadratic fields of small discriminant). I have nothing profound to say about the question of which … Continue reading →

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Levi L. Conant Prize

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Persiflage

Nominations for the 2020 Levi L. Conant Prize are now open! To quote directly from the relevant blurb, This prize was established in 2000 in honor of Levi L. Conant to recognize the best expository paper published in either the … Continue reading →

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Jean-Marc Fontaine, 1944-2019

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Persiflage

The results which generate the most buzz in mathematics are usually those which can be expressed in an elementary (or at least pithy) way to a general mathematical audience. It is certainly true that such results may be profound (see … Continue reading →

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