Math 7030- Topics in Algebra: Quiver representations (Fall 2014)
Course Information (updated Aug. 19, 2014)
Time and place:
11:30-12:20 MWF, in 105 MLH
Textbook:
Various resources are given below.
Instructor:
Ryan Kinser
Office and phone:
25F in MLH
Email:
ryan-kinser (at) uiowa (dot) edu
Office hours:
Tuesday 11-2 and by appointment
Course Syllabus
Presentations:
Alex: positive definite Cartan matrices
Huan and Luke: Root systems and BGP reflection functors
Katie and Adnan: representations of species
Nelson and Dido: TQFTs, Nakajima quiver varieties
Ben: almost split sequences
David and Koffi: The No Loop Conjecture
Kevin, Jessica, Dan, and Robert: Special biserial algebras
Resources:
These will be updated often through the semester.
Representations of quivers
by Michel Brion (start here)
Ralf Schiffler's new book
(available Nov. 11 on amazon and elsewhere)
Assem, Simson, Skowronski
(standard introductory text on the algebraic side of the story)
Notes
by Crawley-Boevey (tame quivers)
Ringel's preprint on exceptional modules
Back to Ryan's webpage.