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Jonathan Hauenstein
MA 526, Fall 2013
Algebraic Geometry

TH 8:30 - 9:45 am
SAS 1218



Course Schedule and Homework

Date Topic Book Sections Homework/Additional Files
Aug 22 Introduction to Algebraic Geometry   Homework #1 -- Due 8:30 am on Aug 29
Aug 27 Ideals and varieties Section 3.1  
Aug 29 Ideals and varieties Section 3.1  
Sep 3 Grobner bases Section 2.1 Homework #2 -- Due 8:30 am on Sep 10
Sep 5 Grobner bases Sections 2.1 and 2.2  
Sep 10 Normal forms and Hilbert's basis theorem Sections 2.3 and 2.4  
Sep 12 Buchberger criterion Section 2.5 Homework #3 -- Due 8:30 am on Sep 19
Sep 17 Zariski topology and morphisms Sections 3.2 and 3.3  
Sep 19 Elimination and graphs Sections 4.1  
Sep 24 Eliminating orders and rational maps Sections 4.1 and 3.4 Homework #4 -- Due 8:30 am on Oct 1
Sep 26 Rational maps and elimination Section 4.2  
Oct 1 Joins Section 4.3  
Oct 3 Scrolls and resultants Sections 4.3 and 5.1  
Oct 8 Resultants and elimination theory Sections 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 Midterm Exam Available
Oct 10 Fall Break    
Oct 15 Irreducible varieties Sections 6.1 and 6.2 Midterm Exam Due at 8:30 am
Oct 17 Intersection and field extensions Sections 6.4 and 6.5  
Oct 22 Nullstellensatz Section 7.1 Homework #5 -- Due 8:30 am on Oct 31
Oct 24 Real Nullstellensatz and Positivstellensatz    
Oct 29 Radical ideal membership and prime decomposition Sections 7.6 and 8.1  
Oct 31 Primary decomposition and quotients Sections 8.2 and 8.3  
Nov 5 Saturation and projective space Sections 8.2 and 9.1 Homework #6 -- Due 8:30 am on Nov 12
Nov 7 Homogenization and projective varieties Sections 9.2 and 9.3  
Nov 12 Homogenization and affine patches Section 9.4  
Nov 14 Projective Nullstellensatz Section 9.5  
Nov 19 Morphisms and products Sections 9.6 and 9.7 Homework #7 -- Due 8:30 am on Nov 26
Nov 21 Projective elimination theory Chapter 10  
Nov 26 Hilbert function and polynomial Sections 12.1 and 12.2  
Nov 28 Thanksgiving Day   Homework #8 -- Due 8:30 am on Dec 5
Dec 3 Invariants and Bezouts Theorem Sections 12.3, 12.4, and 12.6  
Dec 5 Invariants and Bezouts Theorem Sections 12.3, 12.4, and 12.6  
Dec 17 Final Exam: 8 - 11 am    





Last Updated: November 25, 2013