Math 702, spring 2004


Faculty: David Harbater
E-mail: harbater AT math.upenn.edu
Telephone: (215) 898-9594; Department office: (215) 898-8178
Office: DRL 4E2A; Department office: DRL 4W1-6.

Topics in algebra. This course will focus on parallels and connections between number fields and function fields of curves. Topics will include the theory of abelian extensions (class field theory, Jacobian varieties), the arithmetic of curves and covers, and patching methods for covers of curves over arithmetic fields.

Class schedule: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11-12 in DRL 3C6.

Homework assignments for Math 702