Representations of Finite Groups

Fall 08 Math 6390 Course Page

Announcements

November 11, 2008:The final exam will be handed out on Dec. 1 and due Dec. 17. Late homework assignments are due Dec. 15.

Documents

Syllabus

Course notes

Typed Course Notes -- Last updated 10/15/08.

Picture Calculus Notes

Symmetric Groups I -- Corrected 10/29/08.

Symmetric Groups II -- Posted 10/29/08.

Symmetric Groups III -- Posted 11/10/08.

Symmetric Groups IV -- Posted 11/10/08.

Braid Groups -- Posted 11/13/08.

Computational Properties of Braid Groups -- Posted 12/5/08.

Corrected proof for Greedy Normal Form -- Posted 12/5/08.

Braid Group Cryptography and the Burau Representation -- Posted 12/5/08.

The Jones Representation -- Posted 12/5/08.

Hopf Algebras -- Posted 12/5/08.

Category Theory and Representation Theory -- 12/8/08.

Homework

Exercises -- Amended 12/10/08.

Solutions: HW 1 HW 2 HW 3 HW 4 HW 5 HW 6 HW 7 HW 8

Final Exam

Final Solutions