MATH 5107
Algebra I: Rings and Modules
Noetherian and artinian modules and rings. Varieties, Hilbert Basis Theorem, radical ideals, Hilbert Nullstellensatz. Localization and tensor products of modules and algebras. Semisimple rings and modules, Schur's Lemma, Jacobson Density Theorem, Artin-Wedderburn Theorem. Short exact sequences. Free, projective, injective and flat modules.
2021
Readings
- “Abstract Algebra: The Basic Graduate Year”, by Robert Ash Freely available online at https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/~r-ash/Algebra.
- html. Also available for purchase as “Basic Abstract Algebra: For Graduate Students and Advanced Undergraduates” Dover, 2007.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MATH 5107F F21 ↗2021