Reading Group

In the Spring of 2026, I organized a reading course on commutative algebra. We met Wednesdays 12:40 - 1:35 PM in MW 152.

Schedule

[Here] is a list of problems from Atiyah-Macdonald that we worked through. Another good resource is Altman-Kleiman’s A Term in Commutative Algebra which is essentially Atiyah-Macdonald++. Below is a list of dates we met as well as the problems for each day to discuss. The bolded problems were the ones that we presented each day.

• 01/14
  • Chapter 1: 1, 2, 5, 7–10, 12
• 01/21
  • Chapter 1: 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
• 02/04
  • Chapter 2: In-text Exercise 2.20, 1, 2, 3, 8, 11, 12
• 02/11
  • Chapter 2: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20
• 02/18
  • Chapter 3: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9
• 02/25
  • Chapter 3: 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 24
• 03/04
  • Chapter 4: 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13
• 03/11
  • Chapter 5: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14
• 03/25
  • Chapter 5: 16, 17, 20, 29, 30, 31, 33
• 04/01
  • Chapter 6: 1, 2, 8, 9 (is the converse true?)
  • Chapter 7: 1, 4, 5, 8, 11
• 04/08
  • Chapter 7: 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
• 04/15
  • Chapter 7: 26, 27
  • Chapter 8: 2, 3, 4, 6
• 04/22
  • Chapter 9: 1, 3, 5, 9