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

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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.

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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

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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 7^th 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 3^rd 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 3^rd 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.