Reading Group: Ideals, Varieties and Algorithms

Together with Francesco Maria Mascarin I am organising a reading group on Ideals, Varieties and Algorithms by Cox, Little and O'Shea.

The reading group is open to all interested students and researchers. The aim is to read the book together, discuss the content and solve exercises.

In case of questions, please write a mail to Francesco or me.

Textbook

Schedule

We will meet twice a week for a total of eight weeks. On Tuesdays we will discuss content, while on Fridays we will work through exercises assigned on Tuesday.

The reading group will be held online, a Zoom link will be communicated via mail.

For each session, a session chair will be assigned, who will make a summary of the assigned chapters and lead the discussion.

Session chair: You can find the assignment of session chairs at this link. Please note down and check the date of your session. The session chair is highlighted in yellow.

Material: Another useful link is this, where you can find other material related to the reading group.

We will meet on the following dates:

(Session times refer to Central European Standard Time)

Week 1

April 22, 4PM–6PM: Chapter 2 (§1–4)
April 25, 4PM–6PM: §1: ex. 5, §2: ex. 7, 11, 12, §3: ex. 1, 9, §4: ex. 4, 8

Week 2

April 29, 4PM–6PM: Chapter 2 (§5–8)
May 2, 4PM–6PM: §5: ex. 5, 10, 11, §6: ex. 1, 10, §7: ex. 2, 6, §8: ex. 1

Week 3

May 6, 4PM–6PM: Chapter 3 (§1–3)
May 9, 4PM–6PM: §1: ex. 4, 5, 9, §2: ex. 1, 3, §3: ex. 6, 9, 10, 12, 14

Week 4

May 13, 4PM–6PM: Chapter 3 (§4–6)
May 16, 4PM–6PM: §4: ex. 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, §5: ex. 1, 2, §6: ex. 1, 2, 6, 12, 19

Week 5

May 20, 4PM–6PM: Chapter 4 (§1–4)
May 23, 4PM–6PM: §1: ex. 2, 3, 4, 8, §2: ex. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 14, 15, §3: ex. 3, 4, 6, 7, §4: ex. 8, 9, 10, 14

Week 6

May 27, 4PM–6PM: Chapter 4 (§5–8)
May 30, 4PM–6PM: §5: ex. 2, 6, 11, 12, §6: ex. 1, 3, 4, 10, §7: ex. 1, 5, 8, 12, §8: ex. 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12

Week 7

June 3, 4PM–6PM: Chapter 5 (§1–5)
June 6, 4PM–6PM: §1: ex. 2, §2: ex. 4, 5, 10, §3: ex. 13, §4: ex. 1, 2, 9, 13, §5: ex. 7, 10, 12

Week 8

June 10, 4PM–6PM: Chapter 8 (§1–4)
June 13, 4PM–6PM: §1: ex. 1, 4, 7, 9, §2: ex. 1, 7, 10, 12, §3: ex. 2, 3, 6, §4: ex. 1, 14