Meeting Time: (Tentatively) MWF 11:00am to 11:50am at MS 6627
Office hours: After class meetings, from 12:00noon to 1pm (WF)
at my office: MS6308.
Texts: Lecture notes will be posted: The first set of lecture
notes (now posted):
Notes (pdf file, a new expanded version of 5/24,
the new part starts at page 44, some new exercises are also added
in the older part, but they are not required for credit)
Extra Homework Exercises No.1 (pdf file)
Extra Homework Exercises No.2 (pdf file)
Extra Homework Exercises No.3 (pdf file)
As reference/text books,
we suggest
[ALG] and [RED] from the reference list of the lecture notes.
Topics: I would touch the following topics in this course:
Prerequisite:
Good understanding of commutative algebra (and a bit of
topology).
Homework.
I would assign exercises in the lecture notes as homework, homework is
due at the end of 3rd/6th and 9th week.
The course grade is assigned by homework performance
(if you want A, you need to do a lot without much mistake); so,
no final exam is planned. In any case, homework is assigned
to enhance your understanding of the material; so, I suggest you to do
all for yourself.