Speaker:
John Cullinan
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Institution:
Bard College
Time:
Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 10:00am to 11:00am
Location:
Zoom: https://uci.zoom.us/j/94794065234
Let G be a finite group. A representation V of G is said to be unisingular if det(1-g) = 0 for all g in G. Unisingular representations arise naturally in arithmetic via point counts on curves over finite fields and l-adic representations on abelian varieties.
In this talk we will survey recent work on properties of elliptic curves and higher dimensional abelian varieties with unisingular l-adic representations with an emphasis on explicit calculation and construction. Some of this work is joint with John Voight, Jeff Yelton, and Meagan Kenney.