Instructor
Prof. Marco Varisco,
[email protected],
www.albany.edu/~mv312143/
Office: ES-120C,
Office Hours: MWF 11:30–12:30, or by appointment.
Schedule
MWF 10:25–11:20 in ES-153.
Prerequisites
AMAT 540 A & B.
Description
K0, K1, and higher algebraic K-theory of rings, exact categories, categories with cofibrations, and categories with cofibrations and weak equivalences (also known as Waldhausen categories). Additivity theorem and other fundamental theorems of algebraic K-theory. Extensive review/introduction to background material in category theory and simplicial techniques.
Textbook
None, but lecture notes and additional reading material will be distributed in class.
Grading
Biweekly homework assignments.