HOMOLOGICAL ALGEBRA

MATH 750

Course Description

Topics include: complexes, cohomology, double complexes, spectral sequences; abelian categories, derived categories, derived functors; Tor and Ext, Koszul complexes; group cohomology; sheaf cohomology, hypercohomology. Basic graduate algebra courses (e.g.MATH 741and742) are strongly recommended

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing or member of the Pre-Masters Mathematics (Visiting International) Program

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average

3.67

-4.84% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

71.43%

-15.58% from Historical

Class Size

-11.89% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

Andrei CALDARARU

[email protected]

2.4

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