The Cyclotomic Proof of the Quadratic Reciprocity Law

 Aaron Silberstein (University of Pennsylvania).

Date:

6, 8, 13, 15 August,  8:30 to 11:00, room E202.

(a) Review of Galois theory.

(b) Rings of Integers in Number Fields.

(c) Cyclotomic Fields.

(d) Quadratic Fields.

Grading: Problem sets.

Reference:

1. Jurgen Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory.

2. Emil Artin, Galois Theory.