Number theory seminar

Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Shanta Laishram Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)

“Baker’s Explicit ABC-Conjecture and Applications”

The conjecture of Masser-Oesterl ́e, popularly known as abc-conjecture have many consequences. We use an explicit version due to Baker to solve a number of conjectures. This is a joint work with T. N. Shorey.