Algebra, Geometry and Computer Algebra Group


General Information

Below are the English lectures offered by our group in the winter term 2023/24.

If you would like to attend a seminar or reading course during the winter semester, please contact the respective supervisor by e-mail. Appointments are then determined in consultation with the participants.

If you would like to write a thesis in our working group, simply contact the desired supervisor directly.
 

Algebraic Geometry

Content

Mandatory content:

  • Affine and projective varieties (especially: dimension, morphisms, smooth and singular points, blow-ups of points, applications and examples),
  • Sheaves and sheaf cohomology with applications (Riemann-Roch's theorem for curves, projective embedding of curves).

It also covers a selection of the following topics:

  • Schemes,
  • Differential forms,
  • other aspects of algebraic geometry.

contact time

4 SWS lecture
2 SWS example class

Requirements

Module "Commutative Algebra". Knowledge from the course "Plane Algebraic Curves" is desirable and helpful, but not necessarily required.

 

Frequency

The lecture is offered every year in the winter semester.

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Algebraic Geometry (Lecture)

Algebraic Geometry (Example class)

 

 

Algorithmic Group Theory

Content

  • Algorithms for computing orbits, transversals, stabilisers; applications thereof,
  • Fundamental Algorithms for permutation groups, e.g. stabiliser chains, Schreier-Sims algorithm, backtrack search,
  • Algorithms for finitely presented groups, e.g. Tietze transformations, coset enumeration, Abelian invariants, subgroup presentations,
  • Structure theory for permutation groups (e.g. transitive + primitive groups, wreath products) and algorithms based on them (e.g. determination of block systems, Sylow subgroups),
  • Term rewriting systems, e.g. for the example of polycyclic groups; Knuth-Bendix.

Contact Time

4 SWS lecture
2 SWS example class

Requirements

Modules "Fundamentals of Mathematics"

Courses "Algebraic Structures" and "Introduction to Algebra"

Frequency

The lecture takes place irregularly.

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Algorithmic Group Theory (Lecture)

Algorithmic Group Theory (Exercise Class)

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OLAT course

Algorithmic Number Theory

Content

  • LLL algorithm,
  • Number fields, ring of integers, units, class group,
  • Decomposition behavior of primes,
  • Algorithmic calculation of these quantities.

Contact time

4 SWS Lecture
2 SWS Example Class

Requirements

Courses "Algebraic Structures" and "Introduction: Algebra"; In addition, basic properties of Dedekind rings from the course "Commutative Algebra" are used. Knowledge from the "Quadratic Number Fields" module is desirable and helpful.

Frequency

The lecture takes place irregularly.

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Algorithmic Number Theory (Lecture)

Algorithmic Number Theory (Example Class)

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Algorithmic Number Theory (OLAT course)

Commutative Algebra

Content

  • Rings, modules, localization, lemma of Nakayama,
  • Noether / Artin rings and modules,
  • Primary decomposition,
  • Krull's Principal Ideal Theorem, dimension theory
  • Integral ring extensions, going-up, going-down, normalization,
  • Noether normalization, Hilbert's Nullstellensatz,
  • Dedekind rings, invertible ideals.

Contact time

4 SWS lecture
2 SWS example class

Requirements

Lecture "Algebraische Strukturen". The lecture "Introduction: Algebra" is nice to have, but not necessary.

Frequency

The lecture is offered every year in the winter semester.

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Commutative Algebra (Lecture)

Commutative Algebra (Example Class)

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OLAT course

Representation Theory

Content

Modules over rings and algebras:

  • the theorems of Wedderburn, Jordan-Hölder and Krull-Schmidt.

Modules via group algebras:

  • Induction and restriction,
  • the Mackey formula,
  • Clifford theory,
  • projective representations,
  • Blocks.

Representation theory of symmetric groups.

Contact time

4 SWS Lecture
2 SWS Example Class

Requirements

Course "Introduction: Algebra" and module "Commutative Algebra"; Knowledge from the module "Character Theory of Finite Groups" is desirable and helpful, but not necessarily required.

Frequency

The lecture takes place irregularly.

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Representation Theory (Lecture)

Representation Theory (Example Class)

 

 

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