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Author: William A. Stein
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5\title{Math 168: Project Ideas}
6\author{William Stein}
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11\item How to compute $a_p(E)$ for an elliptic curve $E$ and small $p$
12(see Henri Cohen's first GTM book).
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14    \item How (e.g., PARI) computes Bernoulli numbers so much faster
15      than anything else
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17    \item Write discussion about factorization of RSA challenge numbers
18      (e.g., a new \$20000 one was factored a few days ago!) 19 20 \item Write about geometry on the upper half plane (the Poincare metric, 21 the Poincare disk, etc.) 22 23 \item Prove that reduction$\SL_n(\Z) \to \SL_n(\Z/N\Z)$is 24 surjective (following, e.g., the proof in Shimura's book 25 {\em Introduction to Arithmetic Theory of Automorphic Forms}). 26 27 \item A project on the dimension of$S_2(Gamma_0(N))$. This requires 28 more background than you need for the course; in particular, you 29 must know the Riemann-Roch theorem for curves/Riemann surfaces. 30 You would also want to look at the paper by Csirik et al. about 31$d$'s that are not dim$S_2(Gamma_0(N))$for any$N$. 32 33 \item Proof of Manin's theorem that the$2$and$3\$ term relations
34      between Manin symbols are everything.  References: Manin's
35      original 1972 paper; a very very complicated paper by Shokoruv;
36      Tseno's student project (for me) on Shokoruv; Gabor Weise's
37      recent Ph.D. thesis (I have a copy); notes for Math 252 at
38      Harvard.  This is sufficiently broad that it could be a joint
39      project with two people.  (Gabor's Ph.D. claims to have an easier
40      way to do this...)
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42    \item Write a project about the'' baby-step giant-step
43      algorithm.  How is it used to --- solve discrete log problems?
44      --- find the structure of a group?  etc.?
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