Elliptic Curves, Galois Representations, and $ L$-functions

This chapter is about elliptic curves and the central role they play in algebraic number theory. Our approach will be less systematic and more a survey than the most of the rest of this book. The goal is to give you a glimpse of the forefront of research by assuming many basic facts that can be found in other books (see, e.g., [Sil92]).



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