MATH 482: Special Topic

MATH 482	CRN 6893, 15 Points (2009 1/3)
Coordinator:	Prof Noam Greenberg
Recommended:	MATH 206, MATH 207 are required. Particular 300-level courses are not prerequisites, but a level of mathematical maturity is expected.
Description:	The goal of this course is to explain Abel's isomorphism of the complex torus and the geometric group structure on an elliptic curve. The course mixes algebraic geometry, topology and complex analysis; methods are hands-on, computational approaches of pre-Dedekind abstraction, such as the use of resultants and the elimination method to prove the Nullstellensatz and Bezout's theorem. Recommended reading: notes on the website: http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~greenberg/math408.pdf

MATH 482	CRN 6893, 15 Points (2010 1/3)
Coordinator:	Prof Noam Greenberg
Recommended:	MATH 206, MATH 207 are required. Particular 300-level courses are not prerequisites, but a level of mathematical maturity is expected.
Recommended Reading:	otes on the website: http://homepages.msor.vuw.ac.nz/~greenberg/math408.pdf
Description:	The goal of this course is to explain Abel's isomorphism of the complex torus and the geometric group structure on an elliptic curve. The course mixes algebraic geometry, topology and complex analysis; methods are hands-on, computational approaches of pre-Dedekind abstraction, such as the use of resultants and the elimination method to prove the Nullstellensatz and Bezout's theorem.