Spring 2004 courses in the Rutgers-New Brunswick Math Graduate Program

Spring 2004 courses in the Rutgers-New Brunswick Math Graduate Program


About the table below

Please see Beginning the spring semester at the bottom of this page. There is a compact version at the bottom of this page. More detailed course descriptions will also be available soon.

Warning   All of the entries are intended to still be correct at the start of the semester. Please inform the graduate office if it needs to be updated. Experience has shown that schedules, instructors, and topics will change. The word "Probably" is used here as a periodic reminder of this fact.

Course number:   640 is the prefix for Pure Mathematics courses and 642 is the prefix for Applied Mathematics courses. There is no distinction in degree requirements for Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, the numbering differentiation dates to the 1960's.

Index number   This five digit number is needed to register for a course in the Rutgers system.

Course name   This is the official course name which is in the Rutgers system for the course corresponding to the given course number. There may be little relationship between this name and the course contents.

Instructor   Probably.

Place   Probably. HLL refers to Hill Center. The Graduate Program and the Math Department control the use of only a few (four) real classrooms. There are other spaces available which have sometimes been used for class meetings.

Days, period; times   Probably. Constraints on meeting times include times which should be left free for faculty meetings, times left free for traditional seminar meetings, and 8 AM. Most faculty and almost all graduate students are quite unwilling to admit that 8 AM exists as a time for intellectual converse. Note: Monday=M, Tuesday=T, Wednesday=W, Thursday=Th, Friday=F. The "period" refers to the Rutgers 80-minute period. Period 1 begins at 8:10. There are 20 minutes between periods.

Informal description   Faculty were asked to supply informal descriptions of their courses. These descriptions were edited mildly.


You may click on any course number and get a course description.

Course number
Descriptions
Index
number
Course name Instructor Place
Days, period; times
640:502 62184 Theor Func Real Vari R. Goodman HLL 425
MW 5; 2:50-4:10
640:504 68259 Theor Func Comp Vari F. Luo HLL 423
MTh 3; 11:30-12:50
640:507 71689 Functional Analysis S. Greenfield HLL 525
TTh 4; 1:10-2:30
640:509:02 71690 Sel Topics in Analysis A. Bahri HLL 423
MW 5; 2:50-4:10
640:518 72261 Partial Diff Equations Y. Li HLL 525
MW 4; 1:10-2:30
640:519 73137 Sel. Topics Diff. Equations R. Wheeden CANCELLED
640:523 73138 Functions Sev. Complex Vars X. Huang HLL 423
MTh 2; 9:50-11:10
640:534:01 71688 Sel Topics in Geometry X. Rong HLL 313
TTH 4; 1:10-2:30
640:547:01 73139 Topology of Manifolds S. Ferry HLL 525
MTh 2; 9:50-11:10
640:549:01 73140 Lie Groups C. Woodward HLL 525
MTh 3; 11:30-12:50
640:552 62183 Abstract Algebra II W. Vasconcelos HLL 425
TF 2; 9:50-11:10
640:555:01 70503 Sel Topics in Algebra J. Lepowsky HLL 425
MTh 2; 9:50-11:10
640:556:01 74406 Representation Theory of Rings R. Wilson HLL 525
TTh 6; 4:30-5:50
640:558:01 73141 Theory of Algebras E. Taft CANCELLED
640:567:01 73142 Model Theory G. Cherlin HLL 423
TTh 4; 1:10-2:30
640:574:01 73143 Topics in Number Theory R. Bumby HLL 423
TF 3; 11:30-12:50
642:528:01 74353 Methods Applied Math II O. Costin HLL 423
TTh 6; 4:30-5:50
642:562:01 73150 Intro Math Physics II M. Kiessling M7 in HLL 425 (6:10-7:30)
Th 6&7 (4:30-7:30)
642:564:01 73151 Statistical Mechanics II J. Lebowitz HLL 124
By arrangement
642:581:01 64130 Graph Theory J. Kahn HLL 124
TF 3; 11:30-12:50
642:583:01 71694 Combinatorics II M. Saks RUTCOR 166
TTh 4; 1:10-2:30
642:587:01 72258 Sel. Topics Discrete Math. G. Kindler HLL 423
TTh 5; 2:50-4:10
642:612:01 72259 Sel. Topics Applied Math P. Feehan HLL 124
TTh 4; 1:10-2:30


Beginning the spring semester

  • The first class day of the spring 2003 semester is Tuesday, January 20, 2003.
  • Written qualifying exams will be given during the week before the semester begins, Wednesday and Thursday morning (January 14 and 15, 2004).
"Tea" (coffee/tea/etc.) and "cookies" (variable in type and quantity) are available most afternoons (3:30-4:30 PM) during the semester, usually in the lounge on the 7th floor. On rare occasions even more food appears. There are many interesting seminars almost every week.

More complete descriptions of courses including information about texts are sometimes posted outside the 3rd floor mailroom. Almost all introductory graduate courses in mathematics are given as a series of lectures. Most such courses have written homework, and one or more oral or written examinations. Many basic courses have assigned texts. More advanced courses depart from these rules. Students are sometimes asked to lecture, and there are rarely assigned texts.

The compact schedule

Links here are to further information about each course on the course description page. More complete descriptions of courses including information about texts are usually posted outside the 3rd floor mailroom.
Period & times Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2 
9:50-11:10 AM
640:523 HLL 423
640:547 HLL 525
640:555 HLL 425
640:552 HLL 425
642:583 HLL 423
640:523 HLL 423
640:547 HLL 525
640:555 HLL 425
640:552 HLL 425
642:583 HLL 423
3 
11:30 AM-12:50 PM
640:504 HLL 423
640:549 HLL 525
640:574 HLL 423
642:581 HLL 124
Faculty: leave this time open. 640:504 HLL 423
640:549 HLL 525
640:574 HLL 423
642:581 HLL 124
4 
1:10-2:30 PM
640:518 HLL 525
640:534 HLL 425
640:507 HLL 525
642:567 HLL 423
642:612 HLL 124
640:518 HLL 525
640:534 HLL 425
640:507 HLL 525
642:567 HLL 423
642:612 HLL 124
Faculty: leave this time open.
5 
2:50-4:10 PM
640:502 HLL 425
640:509 HLL 423
640:558 HLL 425
642:587 HLL 423
640:502 HLL 425
640:509 HLL 423
640:558 HLL 425
642:587 HLL 423
6 
4:30-5:50 PM
640:556 HLL 525
642:528 HLL 423
640:556 HLL 525
642:528 HLL 423
Colloquium (4:30-5:30)
7 
6:10-7:30 PM
640:562 HLL 425     640:562 HLL 425  

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Almost all introductory graduate courses in mathematics are given as a series of lectures. Most such courses have written homework, and one or more oral or written examinations. Many basic courses have assigned texts. More advanced courses depart from these rules. Students are sometimes asked to lecture, and there are rarely assigned texts. Last Modified 11/29/2003.

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