Lecture notes by Linus Setiabrata



8/29: Section 1.1 of book Ideals, varieties, and algorithms (fourth edition) (full text online)

9/3: Section 1.2 & 1.4 of book

9/5: Section 1.5 of book

9/10: Section 2.2 of book

9/12: Section 2.3 & 2.4 of book

9/17: Section 2.4 & 2.5 of book

9/19: Section 2.5 & 2.6 of book

9/24: Section 2.6 & 2.7 of book

9/26: Section 2.7 & part of 2.9 of book

10/1: Section 4.1 of book

10/3: Section 4.1 of book

10/8: Review for Prelim 1

10/10: Prelim 1

10/17: Graph colorings via the Nullstellensatz; Section 4.2 of book

10/22: Section 4.2 & 4.3 of book

10/24: Section 4.3 & 3.1 of book

10/29: part of Section 3.2 & 4.4 of book

10/31: part of Sections 4.5 & 4.6 of book

11/5: Section 3.6 of book

11/7: Section 3.6 of book

11/12: Section 7.1 of book

11/14: Section 7.1 of book

11/19: Review for Prelim 2

11/21: Prelim 2

11/26: Section 7.2 of book

12/3: Section 7.2 of book

12/5: Section 7.3 of book

12/10: Symmetric polynomials, with a combinatorial view.