MATH 517 GRADUATE ALGEBRA

Welcome to MATH 517! This course is the second semester graduate algebra course. It will cover Galois theory, commutative and homological algebra.

Prerequisites: MATH 516

Time and Venue: MWF 10:00--10:50 in Taft Hall 309.

Lecturer: Izzet Coskun

Office: SEO 423

Required text: Paolo Aluffi, Algebra: Chapter 0 Graduate Studies in Mathematics 104, AMS, Providence, Rhode Island, 2009. You can find errata for the book here

Grading: There will be weekly problem sets. These problem sets will account for 50% of your grade. There will be a take-home midterm and a take- home final. These will account for 20% and 30% of your grade, respectively. Ho mework is the most important component of this course. Failure to turn in more than two problem sets will result your grade to be lowered to at most a B. Failure to turn in more than four problem sets will result in an automatic F for the class.

Handouts:

  • Syllabus (pdf)

    Problem Sets:

  • Problem Set 1: Due January 21 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 2: Due January 28 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 3: Due February 4 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 4: Due February 11 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 5: Due February 18 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 6: Due February 25 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 7: Due March 4 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 8: Due March 11 (pdf)
  • Midterm due March 18 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 9: Due April 1 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 10: Due April 8 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 11: Due April 15 (pdf)
  • Problem Set 12: Due April 22 (pdf)
  • Final due April 29 (pdf) Relevant link: (here)