401-3119-70L p-Adic Numbers
Semester | Autumn Semester 2020 |
Lecturers | P. Bengoechea Duro |
Periodicity | non-recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Abstract | This course is an introduction to the p-adic numbers. We will see how the field of p-adic numbers Q_p is build. We will explore the (strange) topology and the arithmetic of Q_p, as well as some elementary analytic concepts such as functions, continuity, integrals, etc. We will explain an algebraic and an analytic reasons of interest for the existence of p-adic numbers. |
Objective | |
Content | - Absolute values on Q and Completions - Topology and Arithmetic of Q_p, p-adic Integers - Equations over p-adic numbers and Hensel's Lemma - Local-global principle - Hasse-Minkowski's Theorem on binary quadratic forms - Elementary Analysis in Q_p - the p-adic Riemann zeta function |
Literature | "p-adic Numbers. An Introduction", Fernando Q. Gouvea (Springer) "p-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions", Neal Koblitz (Springer) "p-adic numbers and Diophantine equations", Yuri Bilu (online notes 2013) |
Prerequisites / Notice | The courses Topology, Measure and Integration, Algebra I/II are required prerequisites. |