Number Theory seminar

Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Stanley Yao Xiao, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

“History and Progress on Power-Free Values of Polynomials”

In this talk I will give a historical overview of the progress made on the power-free values of polynomial problem. In particulars, we will focus on the determinant method developed by Bombieri and Pila and extended by Heath-Brown and Salberger.