IMMERSE 2011 Algebra Course

IMMERSE Instructor:

David Milan, University of Texas at Tyler
email: dmilan "at" uttyler "dot" edu

Graduate Mentors:

Jason Lutz (jlutz3@)
Katie Morrison (s-kmorri11@)
Jeremy Trageser (s-jtrages1@)
(All email addresses end with @math.unl.edu)

Research Paper:

Rolfsen, Dale and Zhu, Jun Braids, Ordering and Zero Divisors
Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, Volume 7 (1998), no. 6, 837-841.

Other References:

Fenn, Greene, Rolfsen, Rourke, Wiest Ordering the braid groups
Pacific Journal of Math, Volume 191, 49-74

Dehornoy, Dynnikov, Rolfsen, Wiest Why are braids orderable?
Societe Mathematique de France, 190pp

Homework:

• HW 1
• HW 2
• HW 3
• HW 4
• HW 5
• HW 6
• HW 7
• HW 8
• HW 9
• HW 10
• HW 11
• HW 12
• HW 13
• HW 14
• HW 15
• HW 16
• HW 17
• HW 18
• HW 19
• HW 20

Homework Solutions: (submitted by graduate mentors and IMMERSE students)

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3

Course Handouts and Material:

• Syllabus
• Lecture Notes (PDF)(TeX) This is where we will store the lecture notes as they are TeXed up by the students.