Postgraduate Course: MIGSAA Algebra 2 (MATH11173)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | *Only students of the MIGSAA CDT may take this course*
The course assumes prior knowledge of the notion of a module and related concepts; Basics on Noetherian and Artinian modules; Some commutative algebra, in particular the notion of a principal ideal domain. |
| Course description |
Noncommutative rings (5 lectures)
- Finitely generated modules over principal ideal domains and applications
- The Artin-Wedderburn Theorem
Representation Theory (5 lectures)
- Representations and characters
- Orthogonality relations
- Induced representations
- Computing character tables
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
| Thoroughly understand noncommutative rings and representation theory.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | migsaa,algebra |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof A Carbery
Tel: (0131 6)50 5993
Email: A.Carbery@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Isabelle Hanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 5955
Email: i.hanlon@ed.ac.uk |
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