The central goal of this course is to show that there is no general formula to determine the roots of a quintic polynomial, i.e. degree is 5.
But we need to build up some theory to get there. The topics we will be learning are :
Textbook : Galois Theory by Joseph Rotman, Second edition, Springer. ISBN 0-387-98541-7
Syllabus : MAT401 Syllabus.pdf
Office Hours : Mon 3 - 4 pm.
Email : samprit.ghosh at mail.utoronto.ca
TA : Aaron Tronsgard
email : tronsgar at math.toronto.edu
Lecture Notes : Posted on Quercus https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/305315
Problem Sets
Problem Set 1 due on Tuesday, May 24, 11:59 pm
Problem Set 2 due on Monday, June 6, 11:59 pm
Problem Set 3 due on Monday, June 20, 11:59 pm
Problem Set 4 due on Thursday, July 7, 11:59 pm
Problem Set 5 due on Tuesday, July 19, 11:59 pm
Problem Set 6 due on Monday, August 1, 11:59 pm
Problem Set 7 due on Saturday, August 13, 11:59 pm