Class Notes for Math 918: Cohen Macaulay Modules, Instructor Roger Wiegand

Topics covered are: Cohen Macaulay modules, zero-dimensional rings, one-dimensional rings, hypersurfaces of finite Cohen-Macaulay type, complete and henselian rings, Krull-Remak-Schmidt, Canonical modules and duality, AR sequences and quivers, two-dimensional rings, ascent and descent of finite Cohen Macaulay type, bounded Cohen Macaulay type.

Class Notes for Math 918: Local Cohomology, Instructor Tom Marley

Topics include: Injective Module, Basic Properties of Local Cohomology Modules, Local Cohomology as a Cech Complex, Long exact sequences on Local Cohomology, Arithmetic Rank, Change of Rings Principle, Local Cohomology as a direct limit of Ext modules, Local Duality, Chevelley’s Theorem, Hartshorne- Lichtenbaum Vanishing Theorem, Falting’s Theorem.