For the pre-grads, the main component of the program consists of two intensive courses: one in algebra and one in analysis. The courses will be at the advanced undergraduate/beginning graduate level. However, rather than working through a textbook, the courses will be structured around the reading of research papers. The IMMERSE course coordinators (two UNL faculty) will select papers that use as tools some of the topics which typically appear in first-year graduate algebra and analysis courses, and then structure the IMMERSE courses around the material of the papers. Each course is team-taught by a pair of early-career faculty, with a mixed group of three first-year and advanced graduate students serving as teaching assistants. There will also be several special presentations / colloquiums / workshops throughout the six weeks, which will provide additional forums for exploring issues the pre-grads are likely to face as they begin graduate school. We will have at least three guest speakers, each of whom will give an overview of current research topics in his/her mathematical area.
Graduate Mentors: Andrew Crabbe
Melissa Luckas
Terri Moore
Ed Loeb
Deanna Turk
Jackie Jensen and Tracy Hamilton
General Information
The syllabus The paper - Gutan, M. and Kisielewicz, A. Reversible group rings. J. Algebra 279 (2004), no. 1, 280--291. Notes from Don Passman's lectures - 12-13 July, 2005
Homework Assignments
Introduction and Rings - Homework 1, assigned Monday, 27 June
Groups and Symmetric Groups - Homework 2, assigned Tuesday, 28 June
Solutions - thanks to Andrew Crabbe, Terri Moore, and Deanna Turk .TeX - the .TeX code Solutions - thanks to Andrew Crabbe, Terri Moore, and Deanna Turk .TeX - the .TeX code
