Time and place

Lecture: Di, Do, 10-12h, HS Weismann-Haus, Albertstr. 21a
Tutorial: 2 hours, various dates
Sir-in Exam: Date to be announced

Teacher: Wolfgang Soergel
Assistant: Damian Sercombe
Language: in German

This lecture continues the linear algebra courses. It treats groups, rings, fields and applications in the number theory and geometry. The highlights of the lecture are the classification of finite fields, the impossibility of the trisection of angles with circle and ruler, the non-existence of a solution formula for the general equations of fifth degree and the quadratic reciprocity law.

Required: Linear Algebra~I and II

Algebra and Number Theory