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COMPUTATIONAL ALGEBRA

Academic Year 2019/2020 - 1° Year - Curriculum APPLICATIVO
Teaching Staff: Vincenzo MICALE
Credit Value: 6
Taught classes: 35 hours
Exercise: 12 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

The objective of the second module of the course is to introduce the theory of Groebner bases , in order to begin the computational student to algebra and its applications


Course Structure

Teaching is done on the blackboard in a traditional way. The exercises also include using the computer


Detailed Course Content

I. Basic Theory of Groebner Bases. The linear case. The case of a single variable. Monomial orders. The division algorithm. Definition of Groebner Bases. S - polynomials and Buchberger algorithm. Reduced Groebner bases .

II . Applications of Groebner Bases. Elementary applications of Groebner Bases. Theory of elimination. Polynomial maps. Some applications to Algebraic Geometry .

III . Modules. Groebner bases and Syzygies. Calculation of the module of syzygy of an ideal.


Textbook Information

W.W. Adams, P. Loustaunau, An introduction to Groebner Bases, American Math. Soc, 1994.