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Fakultät für Mathematik Universität Regensburg
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Arithmetic of quadratic forms
Semester
SoSe 2025

Lecturer
Moritz Kerz, Carolyn Echter, Yuenian Zhou

Type of course (Veranstaltungsart)
Seminar

German title
Arithmetik von quadratischen Formen

Contents
In this seminar, we study the arithmetic theory of quadratic forms. Quadratic forms are key to
answering classical questions in number theory, for example which natural numbers can be written as
sums of two or more squares. Our main goal is the proof of the Hasse-Minkowski theorem, which gives
a criterion for quadratic equations of a certain type to have a solution over the rational numbers.

Literature
J.-P. Serre, A Course in Arithmetic, vol. 7 of Graduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, 1973. J.
Cassels, Rational Quadratic Forms. Dover Books on Mathematics, Dover Publications, 2008.

Recommended previous knowledge
Algebra, Analysis III (complex analysis)

Time/Date
Mo 4-6

Location
M 101

Additional question session
Time/Date: TBA
Location: TBA

Course homepage
https://elearning.uni-regensburg.de/course/view.php?id=69463
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Registration
  • Organisational meeting/distribution of topics: Wednesday, February 5, 14:00, room PHY 9.1.09
  • Registration for course work/examination/ECTS: FlexNow
Course work (Studienleistungen)
  • Presentation: Giving a seminar talk of roughly 90 minutes
Examination (Prüfungsleistungen)
  • Detailed written report of the seminar talk
Modules
BSem, MV, MSem, BSem.2

ECTS
4,5
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