Math 1540 (Galois Theory)

instuctor: Prof. Rich Schwartz
time TuTh 10:30-11:50 (I hour)
place Barus & Holley 163

my office hours: Thurs 4-5

syllabus
homework assignments
Lectures day by day

notes on Galois Theory
rings and polynomials
transcendence of e
constructing the 17-gon
simple extensions
more about solvability

notes on elliptic curves
some projective geometry
The Grid Theorem
The Weierstrass elliptic curve group law
general elliptic curves
Weierstrass Uniformization