Symmetries & Polynomials
course notes
JHU
algebra
A two-week intersession course taking non-math majors from group theory to the unsolvability of the quintic.
\[ \sqrt[3]{-\frac{q}{2}+\sqrt{\frac{q^{2}}{4}+\frac{p^{3}}{27}}} +\sqrt[3]{-\frac{q}{2}-\sqrt{\frac{q^{2}}{4}+\frac{p^{3}}{27}}} \]
A two-week class from Intersession 2018 at JHU introducing non-math majors to group theory and its connection to the roots of polynomials — in particular, the unsolvability of the quintic.
The class is designed in an IBL format. The prerequisites are basic proof techniques.