Speaker: 

John Cullinan

Institution: 

Bard College

Time: 

Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

RH 306

If E and E' are elliptic curves defined over a finite field k such that E(k) and E'(k) have the same order, what is the likelihood that they define isomorphic groups?  In this talk we will address this question from two points of view: fix E, vary p, and fix p, vary E.  This is recent and ongoing work with Nathan Kaplan of UC Irvine.