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MATH 501 Analysis (3 0 3)
General measure and integration theory. General
convergence theorems. Decomposition of measures.
Radon-Nikodym theorems. Outer measure. Caratheodory
extension theorem. Product measures. Fubini’s
theorem. Riesz representation theorem.
MATH 503 Algebra I (3 0 3)
Groups: generalities, groups acting on a set, Sylow
theorems, free group, direct product and sums.
Rings: generalities, commutative rings, principle
ideal domains, unique factorization domains,
Euclidean domains. Noetherian rings. Hilbert’s
theorem. Field of fractions. Localization.
MATH 504 Algebra II (3 0 3)
Galois theory. Categories and functions:
generalities, additive, abelian categories, Yoneda’s
dilemma. Module categories: definitions, projective,
injective modules, semi-simple rings, modules over
Noetherian rings and principal ideal domains, Morita
theory. Homological methods: the functors Ext, Tor,
(co-) homology, derived categories, stable
categories, applications to cohomology of groups,
schemes.
MATH 505 Differentiable Manifolds
(3 0 3)
Differentiable manifolds. Smooth mappings. Tangent,
cotangent bundles. Differential of a map.
Submanifolds. Immersions. Imbeddings. Vector fields,
tensor fields. Differential forms. Orientation on
manifolds. Integration on manifolds. Stoke’s
theorem.
MATH 513 Representation Theory of
Finite Groups (3 0 3)
Ring theoretic preliminaries. Group representations
and their characters. Characters, integrality and
application to the structure theory of finite
groups. Product of characters. Induced characters.
Reduction and extension of characters. Brauer’s
theorem on characterization of characters.
MATH 515 Commutative Algebra (3 0
3)
Rings and ideals. Modules. Rings and modules of
fractions. Preliminary decomposition. Integral
dependence.
MATH 535 Topology (3 0 3)
Topological spaces. Neighbourhoods. Basis. Subspace
topology, product and quotient topologies.
Compactness. Tychonoff’s Theorem. Heine-Borel
theorem. Separation properties. Urysohn’s Lemma and
Tietze Extension theorem. Stone-Cech
compactification. Alexandroff one point
compactification. Convergence of sequences and nets.
Connectedness. Metrizability. Complete metric
spaces. Baire’s theorem.
MATH 537 Algebraic Topology I (3
0 3)
Fundamental group, covering spaces. Singular
homology: homotopy invariance, homology long exact
sequence, Mayer-Vietoris sequence, excision;
applications of homology. Homology and attaching
cells, CW-complexes. Definition of simplicial
homology and its relation to singular homology.
Cohomology groups.
MATH 538 Algebraic Topology II (3
0 3)
Homology and cohomology with coefficients. Universal
coefficient theorems for homology and cohomology.
Künneth formula. Cup product and cross product.
Cohomology algebra. Homotopy groups.
MATH 545 Riemannian Geometry (3 0
3)
Review of differentiable manifolds and tensor
fields. Riemannian metrics, the Levi-civita
connectýons. Geodesics and exponential map.
Curvature tensor, sectional curvature. Ricci tensor,
scalar curvature. Riemannian submanifolds. Gauss and
Codazzi equations.
MATH 555 Theory of Functions of a
Complex Variable (3 0 3)
Analytic functions. Singular points and zeros. The
argument principle. Conformal mappings. Riemann
mapping theorem. Mittag-Lefler theorem. Infinite
products. Canonical products. Analytical
continuation. Elementary Riemann surfaces.
MATH 558 Introduction to
Functions of Several Complex Variables (3 0 3)
Holomorphic functions. Comparison of one and several
variables. Domains of holomorphy, subharmonicity,
pseudoconvexity; invariant metrics, holomorphic
maps, Stein and CR-manifolds, integral formulas.
MATH 566 Banach Spaces (3 0 3)
Isomorphic theory of Banach spaces. Isometric theory
of Banach spaces. Structure theory and basic
properties of classical Banach spaces. Banach
lattices. Positive operators.
MATH 569 Functional Analysis I (3
0 3)
Notion of topological vector space, normed linear
spaces. Baire category theorem and its consequences:
open mapping, closed graph theorems, uniform
boundedness prýnciple. Convexity and separation.
Hahn-Banach and Krein-Milman theorems. Duality
theory: weak topologies, Bipolar and
Alaoglu-Bourbaki theorems.
MATH 570 Functional Analysis II
(3 0 3)
Compact operators. Fredholm operators, normal
operators. Spectral theory of normal operators.
Elementary theory of commutatiive Banach algebras.
Commutative C*-algebras and Gelfand representation
theorem.
MATH 581 Numerical Analysis I (3
0 3)
Gaussian elimination and its variants. Sensitivity
of linear systems. Orthogonal matrices and the least
squares problem. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The
singular value decomposition.
MATH 582 Numerical Analysis II (3
0 3)
Interpolation. Approximation of functions. Numerical
differentiation and integrations. Root finding
methods.
MATH 583 Partial Differential
Equations (3 0 3)
Cauchy-Kowalevski theorem. Linear and quasilinear
first order equations. Existence and uniqueness
theorems for second order elliptic, parabolic and
hyperbolic equations. Correctly posed problems.
Green’s function.
MATH 584 Hilbert Space Techniques
in Partial Differential Equations (3 0 3)
Equations without solutions. Some notions from
Hilbert spaces, weak solutions, a necessary
condition, Friedrich mollifier, elliptic operators.
Fourier transforms. Hypoelleptic operators. Proof of
regularity for constant and variable coefficient
cases. Weak solutions for Cauchy problem. Properties
of hyperbolýc operators. Existence of solutions.
MATH 587 Ordinary Differential
Equations (3 0 3)
Basic theory: initial value problems. Linear
systems: linear homogenous and non homogeneous
systems. Linear systems with constant and periodic
coefficients. Oscillation theory. Stability:
definitions of stability and its boundedness.
Lyapunov functions. Lyapunov stability and
instability. Domain of attraction. Perturbation of
linear systems. Stability of an equilibrium point.
The stable manifold. Stability of periodic
solutions. Asymptotic equivalence.
MATH 589 Numerical Solutions of
Partial Differential Equations (3 0 3)
Finite difference method, stability, convergence and
error analysis. Initial and boundary conditions,
irregular boundaries. Parabolic equations. Explicit
and implicit methods, stability analysis, error
reduction, variable coefficients, derivative
boundary conditions, solution of tridiagonal
systems. Elliptic equations, iterative methods, rate
of convergence. Hyperbolic equations. The
Lax-Wendroff method, variable coefficients, systems
of conservation laws, stability. Finite volume
method.
MATH 590 Graduate Seminar
(Non-credit)
Presentation and discussion of current issues and
works by graduate students in their relevant fields.
MATH 591 Special Studies (0 4 0)
This course is required for students who are en
rolled in “Thesis” course.
MATH 599 Thesis (Non-credit)
Directed independent research on a specific topic
approved by the student’s adviser. |