Math 720 schedule

Monday Wednesday Friday
Sept. 13

In Lecture (room 4C4, 3 - 4 p.m.):
  • Motivation: Higher dimensional class field theory
  • Definition of Grothendieck groups and K_0(R)

Associated Reading (from gigapedia)
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 1.

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Sept. 15

In Lecture (room 4C6, 2:30 - 3 p.m.):
  • Module theoretic approaches to K_0(R)

Associated Reading:
  • Serre, Linear representations of finite groups.

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Sept. 17

In Lecture (room 4C6, 1 - 2 p.m.):
  • Cristian Pop will give a lecture in class.
Sept. 20

In Lecture (room 4C4, 3 - 4 p.m.):
  • K_0(R) via infinite matrices: functorial properties and examples

Associated Reading
    links.
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 1.

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Sept. 22

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • Applications of K_0(R)

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 1.

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Sept. 24

In Lecture (room 4C6, 1 - 2 p.m.):
  • Mayer Vietoris construction of projective modules

Associated Reading:
  • TBA

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Sept. 27

In Lecture (room 4C4, 3 - 4 p.m.):
  • Mayer Vietoris construction, continued
  • Vector bundles and topological K-theory

Associated Reading
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 1.

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Sept. 29

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • Overview of Stieffel Whitney classes and Chern classes
  • Start of the proof of Swan's theorem

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 1.

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Oct. 1

In Lecture (room 4C6, 1 - 2 p.m.):
  • Completion of the proof of Swan's theorem

Associated Reading:
  • TBA

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Oct. 4

In Lecture (room 4C4, 3 - 4 p.m.):
  • Vector bundles and patching
  • Continuous Cech cohomology

Associated Reading
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  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 1.
  • J. Milnor and J. Stasheff, "Characteristic Classes."
  • C. Weibel's "K-Book", chapter 1

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Oct. 6

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • Stieffel Whitney Classes and Chern Classes

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 1.
  • J. Milnor and J. Stasheff, "Characteristic Classes."
  • C. Weibel's "K-Book", chapter 1
  • Lang's algebra on the Clifford Algebras and the Pin group.

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Oct. 8

In Lecture (room 4C6, 1 - 2 p.m.):
  • Stieffel Whitney Classes and Chern Classes, continued
  • The Pin group

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 1.
  • J. Milnor and J. Stasheff, "Characteristic Classes."
  • C. Weibel's "K-Book", chapter 1
  • Lang's algebra on the Clifford Algebras and the Pin group.

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Oct. 11

No class: Fall Break!
Oct. 13

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • The Whitehead group K_1(\Lambda)

Associated Reading:
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Oct. 15

No class: postponed.
Oct. 18

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • The Whitehead group K_1(\Lambda), continued
  • Long exact sequences

Associated Reading:
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Oct. 20

In Lecture (room 4C4, 12 noon - 1 p.m, note time change):
  • K_2(\Lambda) and the Steinberg group

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 4.
  • Milnor, "Algebraic K-theory," Chapter 5.

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Oct. 22

No class: postponed.
Oct. 25

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • K-theory and the leading terms in the expansions of L-series at integers

Associated Reading:
  • Be?linson's conjectures on special values of $L$L-functions, 273Ð304, Perspect. Math., 4, Academic Press, Boston, MA, 1988.

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Oct. 27

In Lecture
  • Tamagawa numbers

Associated Reading:
  • Kneser, M. Semi-simple algebraic groups. 1967 Algebraic Number. Theory (Proc. Instructional Conf., Brighton, 1965) pp. 250Ð265.

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Oct. 29

In Lecture
  • The Steinberg group and K_2, continued

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 4.
  • Milnor, "Algebraic K-theory," Chapter 5.

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Nov. 1

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • Universal central extensions and the Steinberg group

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 4.
  • Milnor, "Algebraic K-theory," Chapter 5.

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Nov. 3

In Lecture
  • Long exact sequences in K-theory
  • K_2 and symbols

Associated Reading:
  • Milnor, "Algebraic K-theory," Chapters 6, 11.
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 4.

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Nov. 5

In Lecture
  • K_2 and symbols (continued)

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 4.
  • Milnor, "Algebraic K-theory," Chapter 5.

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Nov. 8

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • Quillen's + construction
  • Quillen's Q construction

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 5.

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Nov. 10

In Lecture
  • Quillen's Q construction, continued

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 5.

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Nov. 12

In Lecture
  • End of discussion of the Q-construction

Associated Reading:
  • Rosenberg, "Algebraic K-theory and its applications," Chapter 5.

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Nov. 15

In Lecture (room 4C6,10 - 11 a.m..):
  • Overview of some papers on classfield theory to be discussed
  • Recap of Classfield theory for local fields via the Brauer group

Associated Reading:
  • J. P. Serre, Corps Locaux

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Nov. 17

In Lecture
  • Recap of classfield theory for local fields: the Artin map
  • Start of classfield theory of curves over local fields

Associated Reading:
  • J. P. Serre, Corps Locaux
  • Algebraic K-Theory and Classfield Theory for Arithmetic Surfaces, by Spencer Bloch Source: The Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 114, No. 2 (Sep., 1981), pp. 229-265
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.

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Nov. 19

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory on Curves

Associated Reading:
  • Algebraic K-Theory and Classfield Theory for Arithmetic Surfaces, by Spencer Bloch Source: The Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 114, No. 2 (Sep., 1981), pp. 229-265
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.

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Nov. 22

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory on Curves (continued)

Associated Reading:
  • Algebraic K-Theory and Classfield Theory for Arithmetic Surfaces, by Spencer Bloch Source: The Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 114, No. 2 (Sep., 1981), pp. 229-265
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.

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Nov. 24

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory on Curves

Associated Reading:
  • Algebraic K-Theory and Classfield Theory for Arithmetic Surfaces, by Spencer Bloch Source: The Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 114, No. 2 (Sep., 1981), pp. 229-265
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.

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Nov. 26

In Lecture
  • No Class - Thanksgiving Break!
Nov. 29

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory on Curves (continued)
  • Tate curves

Associated Reading:
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.
  • The arithmetic of elliptic curves, J. Silverman
  • Elliptic functions, S. Lang

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Dec. 1

In Lecture
  • Tate curves, continued
  • Classfield theory for two dimensional local fields

Associated Reading:
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.
  • The arithmetic of elliptic curves, J. Silverman
  • Elliptic functions, S. Lang

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Dec. 3

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory for two dimensional local fields (continued)

Associated Reading:
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.

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Dec. 6

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory for two dimensional local fields (continued)

Associated Reading:
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.

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Dec. 8

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory for two dimensional complete local rings

Associated Reading:
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.
  • Invitation to Higher Local Fields, I. Fesenko (see gigapedia).

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Dec. 10

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory for two dimensional complete local rings (continued)

Associated Reading:
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.
  • Invitation to Higher Local Fields, I. Fesenko (see gigapedia).

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