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% thesis.tex: Ph.D. thesis                             %
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\newcommand{\thetitle}{Explicit approaches to modular abelian varieties}
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 \title{\thetitle}
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\author{William Arthur Stein}
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\degreesemester{Spring}
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\degreeyear{2000}
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\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}
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\chair{Professor Hendrik Lenstra}
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\othermembers{Professor Bjorn Poonen\\
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  Professor Bin Yu}
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\prevdegrees{B.S. (Northern Arizona University) 1994}
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\field{Mathematics}
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\campus{Berkeley}
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\begin{dedication}
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{\large
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To my parents and my grandmother, Annette Maurer.
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%To those who inspired me: Kevin Buzzard,
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%Lo\"\i{}c Merel, Ken Ribet, and my family.\\\vspace{12pt}
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\begin{acknowledgements}
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It is a pleasure to thank my thesis adviser, Hendrik Lenstra, for
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patiently guiding my intellectual development in innumerable ways.  In
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addition, Robert Coleman, Barry Mazur, and Ken Ribet generously shared
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their countless ideas and unbounded enthusiasm with me.  Robert helped
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me to understand $p$-adics, Barry taught me to visualize
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Shafarevich-Tate groups, and Ken explained congruences, component
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groups, and tutored me in the elusive art of mathematical exposition.
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This thesis would not have been possible without the questions that
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arose out of exhilarating collaborations with Amod Agashe, Kevin Buzzard,
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Lo\"\i{}c Merel, David Moulton, Ed Schaefer, Helena Verrill, and Joe
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Wetherell.  I would like to thank Ahmed Abbes, Matt Baker, Brian
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Conrad, J\'anos Csirik, Jordan Ellenberg, Edray Goins, David Jones,
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Ezra Miller, Bjorn Poonen, and Mak Trifkovic for asking and answering
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many stimulating questions.
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I wish to thank Hendrik Lenstra and Ken Ribet for providing
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me with financial support during part of the writing of this thesis,
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Sarah M.~Hallam for providing further support, the {\tt
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Cal@SiliconValley} university fellowship for supporting me throughout
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my final year, and the \magma{} group for their computational support.
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Finally, I would like to thank Bjorn Poonen for thoroughly reading this
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thesis and pointing out many ways in which it could be improved. 
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