3.30 pm, NKN Hall History of Galois Theory Amartya Kumar Dutta ISI, Calcutta. 12-02-14 Abstract Galois Theory marks a transition between ``high-school algebra'', the classical approach to solving polynomial equations, and ``college algebra'', the axiomatic study of abstract structures like groups, fields and rings. In this talk we shall discuss a few aspects of the development of Field and Galois Theory and the evolution of Abstract Algebra. The talk will be accessible to students.
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