18.704 - Seminar in Algebra and Number Theory (Spring 2012)

Homework: Problems with numbers between braces ({}) are to be written up formally in TeX and passed in by Thursday of the week after they are assigned; please email your TeXscript and any supporting files directly to the instructor . Feel free to discuss the problems with anyone at any time so long as you think them through and write them up by yourself.

Assignments
Date First lecture Second Lecture
1. T. 2/7 Steve Kleiman Sec. 1-1p.5: 2, {6b} Steve Kleiman Sec. 1-2 p.12: {6}, 8, 10
2. R. 2/9 Minseon Shin Sec. 1-3p.23: 1,3,4, {11} Drew Haven Sec. 1-4p.36: 3b, {9}, 10
3. T. 2/14 Pavel Panchekha Sec. 1-5p.46: {9}, 10 Tucker Chan Sec. 2-1,2p.53: 5; p.60: {2}, 10
4. R. 2/11 Ed Flores Sec. 2-3p.68: {1} Qinxuan Pan Sec. 2-4p.73: 3, {9}
T. 2/21 MIT Monday -- No class
5. R. 2/23 David Rush Sec. 2-5p.80: {1}, 10 Chris Thorsvik Sec. 2-6p.87: 1, {12}
6. T. 2/28 Louis Atsaves Sec. 2-7p.94: 2a, {3a} Maja Rudolph Sec. 2-8p.100: {1}, 7
7. R. 3/1 Minseon Shin Sec. 3-1p.121: 1, {6} Drew Haven Sec. 3-2p.127: {3}, 5
8. T. 3/6 Pavel Panchekha Sec. 3-3p.135: 9, {11} Tucker Chan Sec. 3-4p.148: 4, {10}
9. R. 3/8 Ed Flores pp.150--153botp.159: 1, {4} David Rush pp.153bot--159p.160: 11, {17}
10. T. 3/13 Qinxuan Pan Sec. 3-6p.166: {2}, 3, 8 Chris Thorsvik Sec. 4-1p.174: 1, {2}
11. R. 3/15 Louis Atsaves Sec. 4-2p.182: 2, {7a} Maja Rudolph Sec. 4-3p.191: 1, {11a-d}
12. T. 3/20 Minseon Shin Sec. 4-4p.197: {1}, 4 Drew Haven Sec. 4-5p.203: 5, {12}
13. R. 3/22 Pavel Panchekha Sec. 4-6p.209: 1, {9} Tucker Chan Sec. 5-1p.221: {8}, 10
3/26-30 Spring Vacation
14. T. 4/3 Ed Flores Sec. 5-2. Outline due. p.228: 1, 6 Qinxuan Pan Sec. 5-3p.237: 6, {8}
15. R. 4/5 David Rush Sec. 5-4p.247: 8, 9 Steve Kleiman Sec. 5-5p.257: {9}, 10
16. T. 4/10 Steve Kleiman Sec. 5-6. First third of paper due. p.264: {5}, 8 Maja Rudolph Sec. 6-1,2p.270: 4; p.277: {4}
17. R. 4/12 Drew Haven Sec. 6-3p.287: {3}, 6 Minseon Shin Sec. 6-4p.305: 9, 13d
T. 4/17 Patriots Day -- Vacation
18. R. 4/19 Tucker Chan Sec. 6-5. First two-thirds of paper due. p.315: 3, 6a Pavel Panchekha Sec. 7-1p.325: {8}, 14
19. T. 4/24 Qinxuan Pan Sec. 7-2p.335: 11, 14 Ed Flores Sec. 7-3p.343: {5}, 7
20. R. 4/26 David Rush Sec. 7-4 Full first draft due.p.354: 6, 13 Louis Atsaves pp.357--371botp.375: 4, {7}
21. T. 5/1 Drew Haven pp.371bot--375. p.385: 5; p.385:{10} Ed Flores pp.379--381.
Minseon Shin pp.382--385. Louis Atsaves Sec. 8-4p.391: {2}, 9
22. R. 5/3 Drew Haven pp.393-400topp.407: 7, {9} Minseon Shin pp.400top-406p.408: 17, 18
23. T. 5/8 Tucker Chan Sec. 8-6p.420: 7, 10, {15} Pavel Panchekha Sec. 9-1p.443: {2}, 5
24. R. 5/10 Qinxuan Pan Sec. 9-2p.453: 3, 12 Ed Flores Sec. 9-3p.467: 10, {12}
25. T. 5/15 Tucker Chan pp.468--470mid. Qinxuan Pan pp.470mid--472mid.
David Rush pp.472mid--474. David Rush Sec. 9-5
26. R. 5/17 Pavel Panchekha pp.484--489. Deadline for late homework.
Louis Atsave pp.490--492. Final draft due. Louis Atsave Sec. 9-7