MA 3G6 Schedule
Term 2 2017
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The following is an outline of the course, which will be updated as
the course progresses. Guides to the topic we will cover in any given
week are only approximate, and these will probably change as the term
progresses.
CLO is Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms by Cox, Little, O'Shea.
Reid is Undergraduate Commutative Algebra by Reid.
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| Week |
(date of Monday) |
Topics |
Sections |
Homework |
Event |
| 1 |
9/1 |
Introduction, Gröbner bases |
CLO Chapter 2 |
HW 1 (omit Q4) |
First class Monday |
| 2 |
16/1 |
More Gröbner bases |
CLO Chapter 2 |
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Monday lecture in H0.51 |
| 3 |
23/1 |
Prime ideal, maximal ideals |
Reid Chapter 1. |
HW 2 |
HW 1 due Tuesday |
| 4 |
30/1 |
Localization |
Reid, Chapter 6 |
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| 5 |
6/2 |
Modules, Cayley-Hamilton, Nakayama |
Reid, Chapter 2 |
HW 3 |
HW 2 due Tuesday |
| 6 |
13/2 |
Integral closure
| Reid, Chapter 4 |
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| 7 |
20/2 |
Varieties, Nullstellensatz |
CLO Chapters 1, 4,
Reid, Chapter 5 |
HW 4 |
HW 3 due Tuesday |
| 8 |
27/2 |
Nullstellensatz |
Reid, Chapter 7
CLO Section 4.7 |
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| 9 |
6/3 |
Primary decomposition |
Reid, Chapter 7
CLO Section 4.7 |
HW 5 |
HW 4 due Tuesday |
| 10 |
13/3 |
Valuations, DVRs |
Reid, Chapter 8 |
HW 6 (not assessed)
(updated) |
HW 5 due Thursday
Monday lecture in H0.51 |
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