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MA3203 - Ring theory

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May 3rd: Oral exam May 19th

May 3rd: Exercise set 5 is added, note that the last part of the first Problem will be easier after you have seen the definition of injective modules.

May 3rd: There will be a lecture Wednesday May 10th 8.15-10.00 in R41, the room where we usually meet on Mondays. There will be an extra problem/question session on Monday May 15th from 11.15, we meet outside my office in 8th floor

April 4th:: Extra Problem session at April 20th, 8.15-10.00 , Room 734 (SII, 7th floor)

February 23rd:: There will be a midterm test (written) on Friday March 17th, 12.15-14.00 , Room 734 (SII, 7th floor)

February 23rd: Plans for the week March 13th - March 17th: Monday and Tuesday, work with (tutored by Magda) Problemsheet 3, Friday: Midterm 12.15-14.00

January 11th: New schedule! See below. There will be no lecture this Thursday (January 12.).

January 3rd: First lecture is Tuesday January 9th. We might have to find new times for the lectures. Please send me an e-mail if you are not coming to the first lecture, but plan to follow the course. If so, please indicate which other courses you will follow this semester so that we as soon as possible can fix the schedule.

Lectures, problem sessions and office hours

Lecturer:Aslak Bakke Buan, room 846, SBII (aslakb (at) math.ntnu.no)
Lectures/Exercises:Mondays 8:15-10:00, R41
Tuesdays, 12:15-14:00, F2
Mid term weeks:Week number 9 and 10 (no lectures February 27th - March 12th)
Mid term test:17th March (NEW DAY!)
Exam: May 19thOral

Textbook

Authors:M. Auslander, I. Reiten and S. O. Smalø
Title:Representation theory of Artin algebras, Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 36. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995. xiv+423 pp.
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Edition:Second Edition
ISBN:0-521-59923-7

The syllabus

The final version of the syllabus will be clear later on, the topics are:
  • Quiver / Path algebras / Representations of quivers
  • Finite length modules
  • Radical of rings and modules
  • Projective modules
  • Artin algebras
  • Categories and Functors
  • Krull-Remak-Schmidt theorem
  • Injective modules, socle
  • Duality

Exercises

See below for exercise sets.



Redaktør:Instituttleder   Kontaktadresse:Aslak Buan    Sist oppdatert: 2006-01-03