Spring 2016 Math 520 Invariant Theory

General Info

Prerequisites: Math 370/371 or equivalent
or permission of the instructor
Instructor: Julia Hartmann, DRL 4N38
(215)898-7847, hartmann@math.upenn.edu
Office Hours Mon 2-3 and by appointment
Lecture: MW 10:30-12 4C2
Certain classes will be moved to a Friday (10:30-12), with appropriate notice.
The first class is on Wednesday, 1/13 (which runs on a Monday schedule according to the university calendar).
Homework: There will be regular homework assignments.
Textbook: Computational Invariant Theory
Harm Derksen and Gregor Kemper
2nd Edition, Springer Verlag 2015
The textbook is meant as a main reference for the course. I will be giving other references during the class. It is not necessary to own the book as I will be making my lecture notes available on Canvas. Also, despite the title of the book the main focus of the class will not be computational aspects.




Course Content

A preliminary course description can be found here .

Grading Policy

Weekly homework assignments will be posted on Canvas. The due date is posted with each respective assigment.
There will be an exam at the end of the class.
Grading will be based equally on the homework and the exam.

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