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BIKES is the name of the Graduate student Commutative Algebra Seminar.

This seminar provides a relaxed environment, in which students can practcise giving talks and talk about commutative algebra. If you have any questions, contact Janina.

Spring 2019

We meet Thursdays from 11:00am to noon in JWB 335.

January 10 Sam Invariance under group action
January 17 Vaibhav Invariance under group action
January 24 Jenny Invariance under group action
January 31 Ben Invariance under group action
February 7 Patricia Klein
February 14 Peter Characteristic p
February 21 Dan Characteristic p
February 28 Thomas Characteristic p
March 7 Wei Local cohomology
March 21 Jenny Local cohomology
March 28 Thomas Local cohomology
April 4 Daniel BGG
April 11 Janina BGG
April 25 Pinches BGG

Fall 2018

We meet Thursdays from 11:45am to 12:45pm in JWB 308.

August 30 Vaibhav An example of a ring of smooth functions
September 6 Jenny Local Cohomology Modules
September 13 Janina Derived Categories
September 20 Thomas Divisor Class Groups of Noetherian domains
September 27 Thomas Symbolic powers
October 4 John Koszul complex
October 18 Marcus Tight closure and Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity
October 25 Pinches Auslander-Buchsbaum formula
November 1 Ben Matrix factorization
November 8 Peter Completions
November 15 Organizational meeting
November 29 Robert M. Walker A Mindfulness Meditation on Primary Decompositions
December 6 Wei Example of an infinite dimensional Noetherian ring

BIKES stands for...

Bridges
Into
Knowledge
E.g. (knowledge into) Commutative algebra (seminars)
Seminar