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Groups as Galois Groups: An Introduction

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0521562805, 9780521562805
LCC
QA247 .V65 1996
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3384737 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 53
Pages
268\267
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book describes various approaches to the Inverse Galois Problem, a classical unsolved problem of mathematics posed by Hilbert at the beginning of the century. It brings together ideas from group theory, algebraic geometry and number theory, topology, and analysis. Assuming only elementary algebra and complex analysis, the author develops the necessary background from topology, Riemann surface theory and number theory. The first part of the book is quite elementary, and leads up to the basic rigidity criteria for the realization of groups as Galois groups. The second part presents more advanced topics, such as braid group action and moduli spaces for covers of the Riemann sphere, GAR- and GAL- realizations, and patching over complete valued fields. Graduate students and mathematicians from other areas (especially group theory) will find this an excellent introduction to a fascinating field.

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