Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012
SEMINAR
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Speaker |
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Prof. Chandan Singh Dalawat |
| Affiliation | : | HRI, Allahabad |
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Subject Area |
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Mathematics
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Venue |
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Lecture Hall - I, Dept of Mathematics
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Time |
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4.00 pm
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Date |
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February 09, 2007 (Friday) |
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Title |
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Congruent numbers |
| Abstract | : |
We discuss the ancient problem of
charactersing rational numbers which can be the area of a right triangle with rational sides. While this problem is still unsolved, important progress has been made recently. We shall describe these advances in a language accessible to a wide mathematical audience. |