Math 5591H, Algebra II

MTWRF 11:30-12:25 UH (University Hall) 074

Instructor: Sasha Leibman
office: MW (Math Tower) 406
e-mail: leibman.1@osu.edu
phone: 614-620-7767

Syllabus

Textbook: D.S.Summit and R.M.Foote, Abstract Algebra, 3rd edition

Lecture notes: Modules (version of 3/5)

Additional texts: Zorn's lemma and dimension of vector spaces

Midterm on March 5. – Solutions

Homework:
Homework 1 – due by Wednesday, January 21. / Solutions.
Homework 2 – due by Tuesday, January 27. / Solutions.
Homework 3 – due by Tuesday, February 3. / Solutions.
Homework 4 – due by Tuesday, February 10. / Solutions.
Homework 5 – due by Tuesday, February 17. / Solutions.
Homework 6 – due by Tuesday, February 24. / Solutions.
Homework 7 – due by Tuesday, March 3. / Solutions.

Calendar: [LN=Lecture Notes, TB=Text Book]
January 12: Definition, examples, and properties of modules [LN 1.1-3, TB 10.1]
January 13: Submodules [LN 1.4.1-3, TB 10.1]
Intersections and sums of submodules [LN 1.4.3-5, TB 10.1]
Submodules generated by subsets [LN 1.5, TB 10.3]
Quotient modules [LN 1.6, TB 10.2]
Torsion elements of a module and the torsion submodule [LN 1.7, TB 10.1.8]
January 14: Annihilators [LN 1.8, TB exercises 10.1.9-10]
Homomorphisms of modules [LN 1.9.1-7, TB 10.2]
The kernel and cokernel of a homomorphism [LN 1.9.8-11, TB 10.2]
January 15: Monomorphisms, epimorphisms, and isomorphisms of modules [LN 1.9, TB 10.2]
Isomorphism theorems for modules [LN 1.10, TB 10.2]
Finitely generated modules as factors of free modules of finite rank [LN 1.11, TB 10.2]
The module Hom(M,N) and the algebra End(M) [LN 1.12, TB 10.2]
Schur's lemma [LN 1.13, TB exercises 10.3.9-11]
January 16: Exercises from Sections 10.1, 10.2solutions
January 20: Exercises from Section 10.2
Commutative diagrams and exact sequences of module homomorphisms [LN 1.14.1-5, TB beginning of Section 10.5 ]
January 21: The short five lemma and the snake lemma [LN 1.14.6-7, TB 10.5, Proposition 10.24, and exercise 17.1.3]
The direct product/sum of two modules as universal objects [LN 2.1-2, TB 10.3]
Categories and universal objects [LN 2.3, TB Appendix II]
January 22: The direct product and the direct sum of a family of modules [LN 2.4, TB 10.3]
The internal direct sum of two submodules [LN 2.5.1-3, TB 10.3]
January 23: Direct summands and splitting short exact sequences [LN 2.5.4-6, TB 10.5, pp.383-384]
The internal direct sum of a family of submodules [LN 2.6, TB 10.3]
January 26,27: The Chinese remainder theorem and p-primary components of modules [LN 2.7, TB exercises in 10.3]
Free modules and bases [LN 3.1, 3.2, TB 10.3]
The maximal free submodule and the rank of a module [LN 3.3, TB 10.3]
Vector spaces and dimension [LN 3.4, TB 10.3]
January 28: The direct product of free modules need not be free [TB exercise 10.3.24]
An example where R2R as R-modules [TB exercise 10.3.27]
January 29: Bilinear mappings of modules [LN 4.1]
Tensor product of two modules over a commutative ring [LN 4.2, TB 10.4]
Properties of tensor products [LN 4.3.1-5, TB 10.4]
January 30: Properties and examples of tensor products [LN 4.3.6-12, TB 10.4]
February 2: The tensor product of a module over an ID and the field of fractions [LN 4.3.13, TB 10.4]
The tensor product of two algebras [LN 4.5, TB 10.4]
Extension of scalars [LN 4.4, TB 10.4]
The isomorphism Hom(M1M2,N)≅ Hom(M1,Hom(M2,N)) [LN 4.3.14, TB 10.4]
February 3: The tensor product of two homomorphisms [LN 4.6, TB 10.4]
The tensor product of several modules [LN 4.7, TB 10.4]
The tensor algebra of a module [LN 4.8, TB 11.5]
February 4: The symmetric and the exterior algebras of a module [LN 4.9, TB 11.5]
Symmetric and alternating tensors [LN 4.10, TB 11.5]
Tensor products over non-commutative rings [LN 4.11, TB 10.4]
February 5: Functors. Exact functors [LN 5.1, TB 10.5]
Functor *⊗K and flat modules [LN 5.2.1-5, TB 10.5]
February 6: Flat modules [LN 5.2, TB 10.5]
February 9: Functor Hom(K,*) and projective modules [LN 5.3, TB 10.5]
February 10: Functor Hom(*,K) and injective modules [LN 5.4, TB 10.5]
Right exactness of *⊗K [LN 5.4, TB 10.5]
February 11: Dual modules [LN 5.5, TB 11.3]
February 13: Homomorphisms of free modules of finite rank and their matrices [LN 6.1, TB 11.2]
Change of basis, transition matrix [LN 6.2, TB 11.2]
February 16: The dual module of a free module of finite rank [LN 6.3, TB 11.3]
The dimension of vector spaces and the rank of homomorphisms [LN 6.4.1]
February 17: The rank of modules over integral domains [LN 6.4]
Tensor products of free modules of finite rank [LN 6.5]
February 18: Homomorphisms as tensors [LN 6.6]
February 19: Bilinear forms [LN 6.6]
Tensor algebras of a free module of finite rank [LN 6.7, TB 11.4]
The determinant of an endomorphism of a free module of finite rank [LN 6.8, TB 11.4]
February 20: Properties of determinant [LN 6.8, TB 11.4]
February 23: Exercises from Sections 11.2,3,4,5
February 24: Submodules of free modules of finite rank over PIDs [LN 7.1.1-2, TB 12.1]
February 25: Matrices of homomorphisms of free modules of finite rank over PIDs [LN 7.1.3-7, TB 12.1]
The fundamental theorem of finitely generated modules over PIDs. Invariant factors and elementary divisors [LN 7.2.1-2, TB 12.1]
February 26: Uniqueness of invariant factors and elementary divisors [LN 7.2.3-8, TB 12.1]
February 27: Computation of invariant factors via relations [LN 7.2.9, TB 12.1]
The rational normal form of a matrix over a field [LN 7.3, TB 12.2]
March 2: "The elementary divisors rational normal form" of a matrix over a field [LN 7.3, TB 12.2]
The Smith normal form of the matrix xI-A [LN 7.4, TB 12.2]
The minimal and the characteristic polynomials of a linear transformation [LN 7.4, TB 12.2]
March 3: The Jordan normal form of a matrix [LN 7.5, TB 12.3]
March 4: Exercises from Sections 12.1,2,3
March 5: Midterm

Plans:
Midterm