Math 721 schedule

Monday Wednesday Friday
Jan. 17

No Lecture (Martin Luther King Day)
Jan. 19

No Lecture
Jan. 21

In Lecture
  • Classfield theory for two dimensional complete local rings:
  • Computing the prime to p part of K_2 of a complete discretely valued field.

Associated Reading:
  • "The Milnor ring of a glogal field", H. Bass and J. Tate, in "Classical" Algebraic K-theory, and connections with arithmetic, Springer Lecture Notes in Math 342.
  • 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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Jan. 24

In Lecture
  • Computing K_2 of a complete discretely valued field, continued.

Associated Reading:
  • "The Milnor ring of a glogal field", H. Bass and J. Tate, in "Classical" Algebraic K-theory, and connections with arithmetic, Springer Lecture Notes in Math 342.
  • 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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Jan. 26

No Lecture
Jan. 28

In Lecture:
  • Proof of the prime to p part of Kato's class field theory isomorphism for
  • the maximai abelian extension of a two-dimensional local field.

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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.

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Jan. 31

In Lecture (room 4C6, 1 - 2 p.m.):
  • The p part of Kato's class field theory isomorphism

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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.

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Feb. 2

In Lecture
  • The p part of Kato's class field theory isomorphism(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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.

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Feb. 4

  • No lecture
Feb. 7

In Lecture (room 4C6, 1 - 2 p.m.):
  • Review of Etale cohomology and torsors
  • The Cartier operator

Associated Reading:
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology.
  • 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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.

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Feb. 9

  • no lecture
Feb. 11

In Lecture:
  • The Cartier operator, continued
  • Classifying torsors for Z/p, \mu_p and \alpha_p

Associated Reading:
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology.
  • 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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.

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Feb. 14

In Lecture (room 4C6, 1 - 2 p.m.):
  • The Cartier operator, continued
  • Classifying torsors for Z/p, \mu_p and \alpha_p
  • Torsion subgroup schemes of elliptic curves

Associated Reading:
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology.
  • N. Katz and B. Mazur, Arithmetic moduli of elliptic curves.

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Feb. 16

In Lecture:
  • The first semi-local form of the Kato-Saito classfield theory on curves:
  • Spec(K) when K = Frac(A) and A is a 2-dimensional complete local ring with finite residue field.

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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.

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Feb. 18

In Lecture:
  • No class
Feb. 21

In Lecture:
  • The first semi-local form of the Kato-Saito class field theory on curves, 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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology, and R. Hartshorne, Algebraic geometry (on flatness)

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Feb. 23

In Lecture:
  • no class
Feb. 25

In Lecture:
  • No class
Feb. 28

In Lecture:
  • Finite extensions of fields in which every discrete valuation splits.

Associated Reading:
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology, and R. Hartshorne, Algebraic geometry (on flatness)

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Mar. 2

In Lecture:
  • The first semi-local form of the Kato-Saito class field theory on curves, an example

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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology, and R. Hartshorne, Algebraic geometry (on flatness)

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Mar. 4

In Lecture:
  • The first semi-local form of the Kato-Saito class field theory on curves, more examples.
  • Reciprocity laws.

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).
  • K. Kato, "A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups," J. Fac. Sci. of the Univ. of Tokyo, Sect. 1A (Mathematics), Vol. 26, Issue 2 (1979), p. 303 - 376.
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology, and R. Hartshorne, Algebraic geometry (on flatness)

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Mar. 7

In Lecture:
  • No class - spring Break!
Mar. 9

In Lecture:
  • No class - spring Break!
Mar. 11

In Lecture:
  • No class - spring Break!
Mar. 14

In Lecture:
  • Unramified class field theory on curves, SK_1
  • Etale fundamental groups

Associated Reading:
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology (see section on fundamental groups)
  • A. Grothendieck, SGA1 (for fundamental groups)

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Mar. 16

In Lecture:
  • Etale fundamental groups of non-normal curves

Associated Reading:
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology (see section on fundamental groups)
  • A. Grothendieck, SGA1 (for fundamental groups)

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Mar. 18

In Lecture:
  • No class
Mar. 21

In Lecture:
  • No class due to conference in Luminy
Mar. 23

In Lecture:
  • No class due to conference in Luminy
Mar. 25

In Lecture:
  • No class due to conference in Luminy
Mar. 28

In Lecture:
  • Preparation for proof of Kato's reciprocity law for 2 dimensional local fields

Associated Reading:
  • A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups II, K. Kato, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, vol. 27 (3), 1980, 603 - 683.
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.
  • J. Milne, Etale cohomology (see section on fundamental groups)
  • A. Grothendieck, SGA1 (for fundamental groups)

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Mar. 30

In Lecture:
  • No class due to illness
April 1

In Lecture:
  • No class due to illness
May 9

In Lecture:
  • The Brauer Manin obstruction and higher reciprocity laws

Associated Reading:
  • Heuristics for the Brauer-Manin obstruction for curves. B. Poonen, Experiment. Math. 15 (2006), no. 4, 415Ð420.
  • A generalizatin of local class field theory by using K-groups II, K. Kato, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, vol. 27 (3), 1980, 603 - 683.
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.

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May 11

In Lecture:
  • No class due to illness
May 13

In Lecture:
  • Final sketch of the proof of the base cases of Kato's reciprocity law for 2 dimensional local fields

Associated Reading:
  • A generalization of local class field theory by using K-groups II, K. Kato, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, vol. 27 (3), 1980, 603 - 683.
  • Class field theory for curves over local fields, by S. Saito, J. Number Theory 21 (1985), no. 1, 44Ð80.

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