
Education | Publications | Presentations | Research | Teaching | Honors | Music
Background
I am a final-year PhD student in mathematics at Princeton University, working with Manjul Bhargava. My general research interests lie in number theory and algebraic geometry; more specifically, I am interested in arithmetic statistics, invariant theory, the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics, rational points on varieties, Diophantine equations, and enumerative geometry. I am also quite fond of learning languages and can read French and Latin with intermediate proficiency. In my free time, I play the violin and enjoy listening to classical music.
From fall of 2022 to spring of 2027, I will be an NSF postdoc and Benjamin Peirce fellow at Harvard University.
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Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
- M.A. in Mathematics, 2018 (incidental)
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Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2022 (expected)
- Thesis: "\(2\)-Selmer groups, \(2\)-class groups, and the arithmetic of binary forms" in preparation.
- Advisor: Manjul Bhargava
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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- A.M. in Physics, 2017
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A.B. in Mathematics, 2017
- summa cum laude & with highest departmental honors
- Senior thesis: "Inflection points of linear systems on families of curves" (thesis) (talk)
- Advisors: Joe Harris & Anand Patel
- The Harker School, San Jose, CA
Preprints and Publications
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The second moment of the size of the \(2\)-Selmer group of elliptic curves (with Manjul Bhargava and Arul Shankar), submitted, 49 pages, 2021.
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Geometry-of-numbers methods in the cusp and applications to class groups (with Arul Shankar, Artane Siad, and Ila Varma), submitted, 38 pages, 2021.
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Average \(2\)-torsion in class groups of rings associated to binary \(n\)-ic forms, submitted, 39 pages, 2020.
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Most integral odd-degree binary forms fail to properly represent a square, submitted, 42 pages, 2020.
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On the EKL-degree of a Weyl cover (with Joseph Knight and Dennis Tseng), Journal of Algebra, 565(1) (2021), 64-81. (arXiv)
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Inflectionary invariants for isolated complete intersection curve singularities (with Anand Patel), to appear in Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 100 pages, 2020.
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Appendix to: An arithmetic count of the lines meeting four lines in \(\mathbb{P}^3\) (with Borys Kadets, Padmavathi Srinivasan, Libby Taylor, and Dennis Tseng), Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 374(5) (2021), 3447-3448. (arXiv)
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Hyperelliptic curves with maximal Galois action on the torsion points of their Jacobians (with Aaron Landesman, James Tao, and Yujie Xu), Indiana University Mathematics Journal, 69(7) (2020), 2461-2492. (arXiv)
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Surjectivity of Galois representations in rational families of abelian varieties (with Aaron Landesman, James Tao, and Yujie Xu), Algebra and Number Theory, 13(5) (2019), 995-1038. (arXiv)
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Elliptic curve variants of the least quadratic nonresidue problem and Linnik's Theorem (with Evan Chen and Peter Park), International Journal of Number Theory, 14(1) (2018), 255-288. (arXiv)
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Lifting subgroups of symplectic groups over \(\mathbb{Z}/\ell\mathbb{Z}\) (with Aaron Landesman, James Tao, and Yujie Xu), Research in Number Theory, 3(14) (2017), 1-12. (arXiv)
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Permutations that destroy arithmetic progressions in elementary \(p\)-groups (with Noam D. Elkies), Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 24(1) (2017), 1-10. (arXiv)
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On logarithmically Benford sequences (with Evan Chen and Peter Park), Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 144(11) (2016), 4599-4608. (arXiv)
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On arboreal Galois representations of rational functions, Journal of Algebra, 448 (2016), 104-126. (arXiv)
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Linnik’s theorem for Sato-Tate laws on elliptic curves with complex multiplication (with Evan Chen and Peter Park), Research in Number Theory, 1(1) (2015), 1-11. (arXiv)
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Analysis on surreal numbers (with Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo), Journal of Logic and Analysis, 6(5) (2014), 1-39. (arXiv)
Research Articles in Preparation
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Hermite equivalence of polynomials (with Manjul Bhargava, Jan-Hendrik Evertse, Kálmán Győry, and László Remete), in preparation, 2022.
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The second moment of the size of the \(2\)-class group of monogenized cubic fields (with Manjul Bhargava and Arul Shankar), in preparation, 2022.
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\(2\)-Selmer groups of even-degree hyperelliptic curves, and \(2\)-class groups of even-degree number fields (with Manjul Bhargava and Arul Shankar), in preparation, 2022.
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Average \(2\)-torsion in class groups of doubly monogenic cubic fields (with Arul Shankar, Iman Setayesh, and Artane Siad), in preparation, 2022.
Expository Articles
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Inflection points of linear systems on families of curves (Harvard senior thesis), 2017.
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An introduction to the theory of valued fields (Harvard junior paper), 2015.
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On the Selberg-Erdős proof of the Prime Number Theorem, 2014.
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Arrow's impossibility theorem on social choice systems, 2013.
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TBA, Montreal Online Biweekly Inter-University Seminar on Analytic Number Theory (MOBIUS ANT), 2022
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"Most odd-degree binary forms fail to primitively represent a square," Lightning Talk at Annual Meeting of Simons Collaboration on Arithmetic Geometry, Number Theory, and Computation, 2022
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"The second moment of the size of the \(2\)-Selmer group of elliptic curves," Number Theory Seminar, Princeton University/IAS, 2021.
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"\(2\)-Selmer groups, \(2\)-class groups, and the arithmetic of binary forms," Palmetto Joint Arithmetic and Modularity Series (PAJAMAS) III, Invited Graduate Speaker, 2021
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"The second moment of the size of the \(2\)-Selmer group of elliptic curves," Workshop on Explicit Methods in Number Theory, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2021.
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"Average \(2\)-torsion in the class groups of rings associated to binary \(n\)-ic forms," Bhargava Seminar, Princeton University, 2020.
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"Average \(2\)-torsion in the class groups of rings associated to binary \(n\)-ic forms," Number/Representation Theory Seminar, University of Toronto, 2020.
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"Most hyperelliptic curves are pointless," Bhargava Seminar, Princeton University, 2019.
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"Inflectionary invariants for plane curve singularities," Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, JMM, 2018.
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"Surjectivity of Galois representations in rational families of abelian varieties," Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory Seminar, Tufts University, 2017.
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"Inflection points of linear systems on families of curves," Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Stanford University, 2017.
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"Analysis on surreal numbers: functions and integration," ASL Special Session, JMM, 2016.
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"Surreal analysis: an analogue of real analysis for surreal numbers," Siemens Competition Regional Finals, California Institute of Technology, 2012.
Contributed Talks
- "Counting lattice points in cusps of fundamental domains," Number Theory Tea, Princeton University, 2020.
- "Three lectures on the average size of \(2\)-Selmer groups of elliptic curves," Bhargava Seminar, Stanford University, 2020.
- "On the paucity of soluble superelliptic equations," Bhargava Seminar, Stanford University, 2020.
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"On the paucity of soluble superelliptic equations," Bhargava Seminar, Princeton University, 2019.
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"Inflectionary invariants for local complete intersection curve singularities," Graduate Student Seminar, Princeton University, 2018.
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"Inflectionary invariants for plane curve singularities," LinkedIn Bangalore, 2018.
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"Surjectivity of Galois representations in rational families of abelian varieties," JMM, 2017.
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"Permutations that destroy arithmetic progressions in elementary p-groups," JMM, 2017.
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"Elliptic curve variants of the least quadratic nonresidue problem and Linnik's Theorem," JMM, 2016.
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"Permutations that destroy arithmetic progressions," Harvard Math Table, 2016.
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"On arboreal Galois representations of rational functions," JMM 2015.
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"How small is that prime?," Harvard Math Table, 2015.
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"Arboreal Galois representations of rational functions," Harvard Math Table, 2014.
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"Surreal analysis: an analogue of real analysis for surreal numbers," Harvard Math Table, 2013.
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"Surreal analysis: an analogue of real analysis for surreal numbers," CMS Summer Meeting, 2013.
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PhD Thesis, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University
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2017-present: Working in arithmetic invariant theory (advisor: Manjul Bhargava)
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Arizona Winter School, University of Arizona
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2020: Worked in classical Chabauty (advisor: David Zureick-Brown)
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2019: Worked in \(\mathbb{A}^1\)-enumerative geometry (advisor: Kirsten Wickelgren)
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Senior thesis, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
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2016-2017: Worked in algebraic geometry (advisors: Joe Harris & Anand Patel)
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Emory REU, Department of Mathematics, Emory University
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Summer 2016: Worked in arithmetic geometry (advisors: David Zureick-Brown & Ken Ono)
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Summer 2015: Worked in analytic number theory (advisors: Jesse Thorner & Ken Ono)
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Duluth REU, Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Summer 2015: Worked in combinatorial number theory (advisors: Noam D. Elkies & Joseph Gallian)
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Summer 2014: Worked in Galois representations (advisor: Joseph Gallian)
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Independent study, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
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2011-2014: Worked in logic & analysis (advisor: Simon Rubinstein–Salzedo)
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2011-2013: Worked in analytic number theory (advisor: Daniel M. Kane)
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Course Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University
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[Math 202] Linear algebra with applications, 2020.
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Course Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
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[Math 137] Introduction to algebraic geometry (Peter Kronheimer), 2017. Q-score: 5.0/5.0
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[Math 131] Topology I: Topological spaces & the fundamental group (Joe Harris), 2016. Q-score: 4.5/5.0
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[Math 123] Algebra II: Theory of rings & fields (Arul Shankar), 2016. Q-score: 4.9/5.0
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[Math 114] Analysis II: Measure, integration, & Banach spaces (Daniel Cristofaro-Gardiner), 2015. Q-score: 4.9/5.0
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[Math 55b] Honors real & complex analysis (Dennis Gaitsgory), 2015. Q-score: 4.3/5.0
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[Math 55a] Honors abstract algebra (Dennis Gaitsgory), 2014. Q:-score 4.6/5.0
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Princeton Engineering Council Teaching Award (Math 202), 2021
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Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize, 2017
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David B. Mumford Prize, 2017
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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, 2017-2019
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2017-2022
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Hertz Fellowship -- Finalist, 2017
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Centennial Fellowship, Princeton University, 2017-2021
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Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (Math 114, 123, 131)
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John Harvard Scholar for Academic Achievement (2016, 2015, 2014)
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Robert Fletcher Rogers Prize, 2016
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Phi Beta Kappa -- Junior 24, 2016
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Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship (Fellow -- 2016, Honorable Mention -- 2015)
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Detur Book Prize for Academic Excellence, 2014
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Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology -- Regional Finalist, 2013
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Siemens AP Science Award -- National Winner, 2013
Journal Refereeing
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International Mathematics Research Notices
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Research in Number Theory
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Research in the Mathematical Sciences
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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
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Involve, a Journal of Mathematics
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Music Review on Matthew Aucoin's "Its Own Accord," 2016
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Letter from Susanna: Handel's Messiah as a universal vehicle of deliverance, 2016
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Violinist, Harvard–Radcliffe Orchestra (Conductor: Federico Cortese), 2013 - 2014
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Program Annotator for Dvorak's Violin Concerto, Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), and Verdi's Requiem
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John Near Grant Recipient, The Harker School, 2013
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Authored research paper on Copland's El Salon Mexico & Bernstein's West Side Story
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Violinist, San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (Conductor: Donato Cabrera), 2010 - 2013
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Violinist, Music@Menlo Summer Chamber Music Festival and Institute (Directors: Wu Han & David Finckel), 2006, 2008, 2009
Last updated: 27 January 2022