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Department of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Department Colloquium
Tamas Szamuely
UPenn and The Renyi Institute of Mathematics (Hungarian Academy of Science)
Galois Theory: Past and Present
Abstract:
In 2011 we shall celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Evariste Galois. On this occasion I shall explain what Galois himself discovered in the theory of algebraic equations and how his ideas are still alive in present-day research.
Host: Cristian Popescu
December 2, 2010
3:00 PM
AP&M 7321
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