The policies below will continue to be updated until the quarter starts; they might also be updated during the quarter as UCSD and local authorities continue to update their regulations.
| Instructor: | Alina Bucur (alina at math dot ucsd dot edu), APM 7151 |
| Lectures: | MWF 11-11:50am, zoom link on zulip Lectures will be given synchronously, recorded, and made available for later viewing. By attending the live lecture, you give permission to be recorded by the instructional staff only, not by other students. If you do not want to be recorded, please view the recorded lecture after it has been posted. You do not have permission to record any other interactions with the instructor or TAs, or to share the recorded lectures. |
| Office hours: | MWF 11:55am-12:30pm. This does not apply on days with no lecture (see below). |
| M 8-9pm. After 8:40pm, I may leave if no one is present. | |
| TA: | Patric Girardet (pgirarde at ucsd dot edu) |
| Books: |
M. Atiyah and I.G. MacDonald, Introduction to Commutative Algebra (the main textbook) The bookstore carries it, but you might find better priced copies elsewhere. Online shopping is your friend. Another good and more verbose reference, especially for people interested in arithmetic/algebraic geometry, is Eisenbud's Commutative Algebra: with a View Toward Algebraic Geometry. |
| Prerequisites: |
MATH 200AB or consent of the instructor |
| Grading: | The grade will be based entirely on homework. I will drop your lowest score assignment; except the last two assignments cannot be dropped and will be worth more. You are encouraged to talk to each other, the TA, the instructor, other graduate students, but you must write your own solutions in your own words. Same goes for other sources of inspiration, e.g. books or online material, as long as you disclose the source in your writeup. |
| Communication: | Most communication about the course will take place in Zulip; Zulip includes both a general discussion forum, available to all students, and one-on-one direct messages. A link to join Zulip will be posted to Canvas. Once you have joined, please use DMs instead of email for questions about the course; I may not answer emails. All course communication is subject to UCSD's academic integrity and harassment policies. |