This course took place in 2011, there will be a new Grundthemen Algebra (Commutative Rings) in 2012.

Remedial ring theory for "Grundthemen Algebra" course

Course note snippets; fragmentary and incomplete - beware!

1. Ideals and ring extensions ( dvi or PostScript)

2. Modules ( dvi oder PostScript)

3. Theorems of Cayley-Hamilton and McCoy ( dvi or PostScript)

4. Integral elements ( dvi or PostScript)

5. Localization ( dvi oder PostScript)

6. Valuations, Prüfer rings, Dedekind rings ( dvi or PostScript)

7. Noetherian rings ( dvi or PostScript)

8. Associated prime ideals ( dvi or PostScript)

9. Motivation from algebraic geometry ( dvi or PostScript)

10. Primary ideals and the radical ( dvi or PostScript)

11. Hilbert rings and Nullstellensatz ( dvi or PostScript)

Appendix T Topology ( dvi oder PostScript)

The whole mess (currently 71 pages) ( dvi or PostScript)

Sophie Frisch
frisch@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at