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Fundamental Algebra

Program

Group actions, Sylow theory. Nilpotent and solvable groups. Free groups and presentations. Lie groups and algebraic groups. Groups with operators. Rings and modules. Hermite, Smith and Jordan normal forms for matrices. Wedderburn theory. Linear representations of groups. Polynomial rings and factorization theory. Field extensions. Galois theory. Norms, traces and discriminants. Ideal theory in commutative rings. Rings of integers. Dedekind domains. Algebraic sets and Hilbert's Nullstellensatz.

The program will cover most of the above topics. Depending on the background and interests of the students, some topics may be developed in considerably more depth than others.

 

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Defended Theses

  • Numerical semigroups: a conjecture of Wilf and related topics
      Neeraj Kumar (July 2025)
      Manuel Delgado
      Claude Marion
  • Dynamics of vector fields with univalued solutions
      Laura Rosales Ortiz (June 2025)
      Helena Reis
      Júlio Rebelo (Université Toulouse III)
  • Regular transitions of physical measures in nonuniformly hyperbolic systems
      Odaudu Reuben Etubi (April 2025)
      José Ferreira Alves
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