Homological Algebra Reading and Discussion Seminar (HARD Seminar)

Fall 2008

This reading group will follow Weibel's "An Introduction to Homological Algebra". In addition to the basics of homological algebra, we hope to cover spectral sequences, derived categories and other topics. Leftover topics might very well spill into the spring semester. If you'd like to be added to the email list, please email aboocher at math, or gmelvin at math.

The seminar meets from 2:00-3:00 on Thursdays in room 736 Evans


Schedule

DateSpeaker Title
9/16George Melvin An Introduction to Basic Category Theory
9/25Noah Forman Chain Complexes and Long Exact Sequences
10/2Pablo Solis Long Exact Sequences, Snake Lemmata
10/9Melody Chan Mapping Cones and Cylinders
10/16Harold Williams Derived Functors
10/23Adam Boocher Free Resolutions and the Koszul Complex
10/30Andrew CritchTor and Ext
11/6Paul Ziegler (EXT)ensions
11/13Michael Daub Group Cohomology
11/20Adam Boocher A Gentle Introduction to Spectral Sequences
11/27Thanksgiving(No Seminar)
12/4 George Melvin Final Thoughts/Examples/Applications

Books

Below are some notes and books that we will be using throughout the seminar.