Graduate Number Theory Seminar
Janet Page
UIC
An Introduction to p-adic Analysis
Abstract: This talk will serve as an introduction to p-adic numbers and p-adic analysis. We will begin by highlighting the similarities between $\mathbb{Z}$ and $\mathbb{C}[X]$ and use this analogy to introduce the notion of p-adic numbers. We will introduce the p-adic absolute value in contrast to the standard absolute value, and our talk will culminate in a proof of Hensel's Lemma.
Tuesday December 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM in SEO 512