18.705 (Fall 2014): COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA

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The following assignments refer to Lecture Notes written by AllenAltman and Steven Kleiman. These notes are available here in threeformats: the first implements hyperreferencing in xdvi; the second, inacroread; and the third saves trees when printed.

LECTURE NOTES (current 13/09/01): 13Ed.dvi and 13Ed.pdf and 13Ed-2up.pdf.

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http://www.centerofmathematics.com/wwcomstore/index.php/commalg.html

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Caution, the notes are in beta form. Comments, however trivial, arealways welcome. Please email them to the instructor(liuyf@math.mit.edu) and to Prof. Kleiman(Kleiman@math.mit.edu).

Errata

Assigned problems are indicated below, after the date they're due.The numbers between parentheses refer to subsections, which areexercises, in the Lecture Notes.

SYLLABUS (Temporary):

Final Exam: 9:00--12:00 Dec 16, 2014 (Tuesday), at E17--122

  1. R.09/04 --- Rings and ideals --- Write up for 09/15: (1.7), (1.10), (1.14), (1.15), (1.17).

  2. T.09/09 --- Prime ideals --- Write up for 09/15: (2.11), (2.16), (2.18), (2.22), (2.23).

  3. R.09/11 --- Radicals --- Write up for 09/15: (3.9), (3.13), (3.17), (3.18), (3.32), (3.39).

  4. T.09/16 --- Modules --- Write up for 09/22: (4.12), (4.17), (4.18), (4.19), (4.20).

  5. R.09/18 --- Homological algebra I --- Write up for 09/22: (5.11), (5.15), (5.16), (5.24), (5.26), (5.29).

  6. T.09/23 --- Homological algebra II --- Write up for 09/29: (6.3), (6.9), (6.16), (6.17).

  7. T.09/25 --- Homological algebra III --- Write up for 09/29: (7.2), (7.9), (7.15), (7.17), (7.20).

  8. T.10/01 --- Tensor products --- Write up for 10/06: (8.7), (8.9), (8.16), (8.24), (8.25), (8.26).

  9. R.10/03 --- Flatness --- Write up for 10/06: (9.4), (9.15), (9.17), (9.18), (9.25), (9.28).

  10. T.10/07 --- Finitely generated modules --- Write up for 10/14: (10.6), (10.8), (10.16), (10.22), (10.31), (10.35).

  11. R.10/09 --- Localization of rings --- Write up for 10/14: (11.4), (11.7), (11.10), (11.18), (11.24), (11.32).

  12. T.10/14 --- Localization of modules --- Write up for 10/20: (12.6), (12.8), (12.14), (12.19), (12.28).

  13. R.10/16 --- Support --- Write up for 10/20: (13.3), (13.7), (13.10), (13.18), (13.25), (13.40), (13.41).

  14. T.10/21 --- Integral extensions --- Write up for 11/03: (14.4), (14.12), (14.14), (14.15), (14.17).

  15. R.10/23 --- Midterm exam, in class (covering through 10/14)

  16. T.10/28 --- Noether normalization --- Write up for 11/03: (15.2), (15.3), (15.8), (15.11), (15.12).

  17. R.10/30 --- Noetherian rings --- Write up for 11/03: (16.9), (16.18), (16.20), (16.29), (16.30).

  18. T.11/04 --- Associated primes --- Write up for 11/17: (17.6), (17.7), (17.11), (17.16), (17.22), (17.26).

  19. R.11/06 --- Primary decomposition --- Write up for 11/17: (18.7), (18.8), (18.17), (18.18), (18.22), (18.26).

  20. T.11/11 --- Veterans Day, no class

  21. R.11/13 --- No class

  22. T.11/18 --- Length --- Write up for 11/24: (19.4), (19.5), (19.10), (19.12), (19.13), (19.16).

  23. R.11/20 --- Hilbert functions --- Write up for 11/24: (20.5), (20.6), (20.9), (20.10), (20.19).

  24. T.11/25 --- Dimension --- Write up for 12/05: (21.6), (21.9), (21.12), (21.15), (21.18), (21.19).

  25. R.11/27 --- Thanksgiving, no class

  26. T.12/02 --- Completion --- Write up for 12/05: (22.4), (22.6), (22.11), (22.14), (22.19), (22.21).

  27. R.12/04 --- Discrete valuation rings --- Write up, optional: (23.6), (23.9), (23.12), (23.13), (23.17), (23.22).

  28. T.12/09 --- Dedekind domains --- Write up, optional: (24.5), (24.6), (24.8), (24.12), (24.13).