MATH 8251 - Algebraic Number Theory - Fall 2014

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General Information

Time MWF, 11:15 a.m. -- 12:05 p.m.
Location Vincent Hall, Room 207
Professor Ben Brubaker (brubaker@math.umn.edu)
Office: Vincent Hall, Room 352
Office Phone: TBD
Office Hours: W 1:30-2:30, Th 1:30-3:30, and always available by appointment
Textbook Jürgen Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory (Springer-Verlag)
Course
Assignments
Problem sets every fortnight
Rough Syllabus Chapters I, II, and the first three sections of Ch. III in Neukirch's book. We will finish with the statements of local and global class field theory, time permitting.

Homework

Section and page numbers with an (N) denote Neukirch's book.

  • Problem Set 1 (due Friday, September 19):
    • N I.1 4,5,6,7
    • N I.2 4,5,6 (in 5 and 6, "integral basis of" means integral basis of the ring of integers)
    • N I.3 1,2,5,6
  • Problem Set 2 (due Friday, October 3):
    • N I.4 2
    • N I.5 1
    • N I.6 1,4,5,7
    • N I.7 1,2,4,5
  • Problem Set 3 (due Friday, October 17):
    • N I.8 2, 5, 9
    • N I.9 1, 2
    • N I.10 1, 2, 3
    • N I.11 1, 2
    • N I.12 1
  • Problem Set 4 (due Friday, November 7):
    • N II.1 1, 2, 3, 5
    • N II.2 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
    • N II.3 1, 2, 3
    • N II.4 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Problem Set 5 (due Monday, November 24):
    • N II.5 2, 3, 4
    • N II.6 5
    • N II.7 1, 2, 3
  • Problem Set 6 (due Wednesday, December 10):
    • N II.8 1, 2, 3, 6

Homework Solutions

  • Weekly problem set solutions to appear here

Further Reading