Seminar series
Date
Mon, 11 Nov 2013
Time
17:00 -
18:00
Location
C5
Speaker
Alastair Irving
I will describe how a sieve method can be used to establish the Hasse principle for the variety
$$f(t)=N(x_1,\ldots,x_k),$$
where $f$ is an irreducible cubic and $N$ is a norm form for a number field satisfying certain hypotheses.