PMATH 646Introduction to Commutative Algebra
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Subject
- Pure Mathematics
PMATH 646 as listed in the Spring 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
Module theory: classification of finitely generated modules over PIDs, exact sequences and tensor products, algebras, localisation, chain conditions. Primary decomposition, integral extensions, Noether's normalisation lemma, and Hilbert's Nullstellensatz.
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