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 (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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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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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 (Example Class)
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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)