Thomas J. Wright. Algebraic Geometry: Hasse principle and Brauer-Manin obstructions.

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1 - 1 PERSONAL Basic Information Name: Thomas John Wright Position: Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Wofford College Spartanburg, SC wrighttj(at)wofford.edu Work Phone: Website: Education - BA in Mathematics and Economics with Government Minor, Bowdoin College, May Graduated Magna Cum Laude. - MS in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, May Ph.D. in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, May Academic Employment - Assistant Professor, Wofford College, Sept Visiting Assistant Professor, Lawrence University, Sept May Visiting Assistant Professor in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, Sept May Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins University, Sept May RESEARCH Research Interests Number theory: Carmichael numbers, prime gaps, Diophantine equations, adeles, p-adic analysis, elliptic curves, Galois cohomology, quadratic forms Algebraic Geometry: Hasse principle and Brauer-Manin obstructions. Papers Published On Cantor s First Uncountability Proof, Pick s Theorem, and the Irrationality of the Golden Ratio (joint with Mike Krebs), Appears in Amer. Math. Monthly, Volume 117, Issue 7 (2010), The Impossibility of Certain Types of Carmichael Numbers, Appears in INTEGERS, Volume 12 A31 (2012), Appearing in an Online Periodical If I Could Do It Over, Inside Higher Ed, October 27, Just One Question, Inside Higher Ed, February, 9, The Money Round, Inside Higher Ed, May 2, Refereed On the Connection BetweenIgusa Local Zeta Functions and Generalized Exponential Sums, submitted to Proceedings of the AMS, revised and resubmitted.

2 - 2 Submitted/In Preparation Adeles and Prime Sums (joint with Benjamin Weiss), in preparation. An Elementary Approach to Euler s Concordant Forms, submitted. On Convergence of Singular Series for a Pair of Quadratic Forms, submitted. The Impossibility of Certain Types of Carmichael Numbers, submitted. Thesis On Convergence of Singular Series for a Pair of Quadratic Forms, Ph.D. thesis for Johns Hopkins University. Talks Given/Posters Presented Invited Talks Primes Sums and the Adeles, University of South Carolina, November Prime Sums and p-adics, Clemson University, September Primes and the Adeles, Kansas State University, April The Riemann Hypothesis, Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Math Club, December Germain Primes, Twin Primes, and Adeles, Johns Hopkins University, December Primes and p-adics, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, May Are Primes Random?, Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Math Club, March Are Primes Random?, Muhlenberg College, February Triangles and Elliptic Curves: The Congruent Number Problem, Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Math Club, November Diophantine Questions and the Adeles.Graduate Student Arithmetic Seminar, University of Michigan, September Waring s Problem and the p-adics, VIGRE Departmental Seminar, University of Georgia, March Triangles and Elliptic Curves: The Congruent Number Problem, Kenyon College, February Triangles and Elliptic Curves: The Congruent Number Problem, Mt. Holyoke REU program, July Triangles and Elliptic Curves: The Congruent Number Problem, Mt. Holyoke REU program, July An Elementary Approach to Euler s Concordant Forms, KIAS Number Theory Conference, Korean Institute for Advanced Studies, Seoul, South Korea, June The ABC Conjecture and Related Conjectures, Mt. Holyoke REU program, July The p-adic Integers, Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, July Contributed Talks and Posters Prime Gaps and Trigonometric Sums.Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, New Orleans, LA, January Diophantine Questions and the Adeles.Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, San Francisco, CA, January Adelic Singular Series and the Goldbach Conjecture, Fields Institute Conference in Number Theory, Fields Institute at Carleton University, June Convergence of Singular Series for a Pair of Quadratic Forms, Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, Washington, D.C., January Convergence of Singular Series for a Pair of Quadratic Forms, Departmental seminar, Johns Hopkins University, December

3 - 3 Waring s Problem and the Adeles, Departmental Slow-Pitch Seminar for Graduate Students, Johns Hopkins University, November A Stationary Phase Formula for Generalized Exponential Sums, poster presented, Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, Baltimore, MD, January A Stationary Phase Formula for Generalized Exponential Sums, Mathfest, University of Vermont, August Igusa Local Zeta Functions, MAA Northeast Sectional Meetings, Williams College, July Conferences Attended - Canadian Number Theory Association Meeting XIII, University of Lethbridge, July Palmetto Number Theory Series XVII, Emory University, September Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, New Orleans, January Canadian Number Theory Association Meeting XII, Acadia University, July Number Theory and Representation Theory, Harvard University, June Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, San Francisco, January Fields Institute Conference in Number Theory, Fields Institute at Carleton University, June Conference on Combinatorial and Additive Number Theory VII, City University of New York, May Arizona Winter School on Quadratic Forms, University of Arizona, March Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, Washington, D.C., January Summer School in Analytic Number Theory and Diophantine Approximation, Fields Institute at University of Ottawa, June-July - Analytic Number Theory and Higher Rank Groups, New York University, May - Summer School in Iwasawa Theory, Fields Institute at McMaster University, August L-Functions and Automorphic Forms, Columbia University, May Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, New Orleans, LA, January KIAS Number Theory Conference, Korean Institute for Advanced Studies, Seoul, Korea, June Open Questions and Recent Developments in Iwasawa Theory, Boston University, June Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, Baltimore, MD, January Mathfest, University of Vermont, August MAA Northeast Sectional Meetings, Williams College, July TEACHING Teaching Awards: - Mathematics Excellence in Teaching Award, May Finalist for Teaching Assistant of the Year, Johns Hopkins University, March - William Kelso Morrill Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching, May Courses Taught: - Introduction to Calculus: Fall Calculus I: Summer 2008, Spring 2010, Fall Calculus II: Winter Applied Calculus I: Winter 2011

4 - 4 - Number Theory: Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring Elementary Statistics: Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring Study of Patterns/Appreciation of Mathematics: Fall 2011, Fall Multivariable Calculus: Fall 2012 Courses TA ed (ran recitation sections and graded): - Calculus I: Fall 2007, Spring - Calculus II: Fall Calculus III: Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall - Linear Algebra: Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Spring Microeconomics: Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring Courses Graded: - Probability: Fall Statistics: Spring Number Theory: Fall Other Teaching Experience: - Director, Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble (community jazz band), Instructor for Cryptology at Center for Talented Youth, Summer Assistant Director, Johns Hopkins Concert Band, Assistant Director, Johns Hopkins Jazz Ensemble, Special Assistant, Westminster High School Bands, Westminster, MD, Counselor and Music Teacher, Camp Encore/Coda, Summer 1998 and Special Assistant, Easton Middle School Bands, Easton, MA, MISCELLANEOUS Committees and Service - Organizer of Departmental Number Theory/Algebraic Geometry Seminars, : invited speakers and planned for their attendance. - Chair of a Contributed Paper Session at the Joint Meetings of the AMS-MAA, January Co-Organizer of Slow Pitch Seminars, Member, Graduate Representative Organization (GRO), Member, Search Committee for New Johns Hopkins Jazz Band Director, Summer - Member, Search Committee for New Johns Hopkins Wind Ensemble Director, Summer - Judge, Undergraduate Poster Session, Joint Meetings of the AMS-MAA, January Grants, Honors, and Memberships - Owen Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Teaching Assistantship, Johns Hopkins University, William Sanford Hammond prize for outstanding senior thesis in mathematics, Bowdoin College, May Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar, Member, AMS, Member, MAA, Student at Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, Fall 2001.

5 - 5 Additional Information - Took several years of Spanish, a few semesters of Hungarian and Russian, and have independently studied German and Korean. - Professional musician in the Greenville/Spartanburg, SC area, specializing in saxophone and trumpet. - Currently writing a math expository humor book.

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