• UPDATED MARCH 18, 2017
  • Independent Studies-Mathematics 199B-WINTER 2017
     
    NONASSOCIATIVE ALGEBRA
     
  • Fridays 2-2:50 RH 440R (syllabus-Revised January 15)
  • Resources for Term Projects (updated February 10) (here)
  • (corrected March 16, 2017) "FINAL EXAM" PROBLEMS (From 199A)-Part 1 #1-10, Part 2 #11-20, Part 3 #21-23. (click here)
  • SOLUTIONS TO "FINAL EXAM" PROBLEMS (From 199A) #1-6. (click here)
  • FORUM---Email questions from students and answers (updated March 16) (click here)
  • Lectures on Algebras and Triple Systems-Kurt Meyberg, University of Virginia, 1972 (237pp) (click here)
  • First and second meetings, January 13 and 20, 2017. Meyberg Chapter 7 (pp.66-70), Exercises 1-2 (click here)
  • First and second meetings, January 13 and 20, 2017. Identities for Jordan algebras(informal notes: Meyberg pages 66-68)(click here)
  • Second and Third meetings, January 20 and 27, 2017. Meyberg Chapter 7 (pp.66-70), Exercises 1-5 (Exercises 3-5 have been added) (click here)
  • Second and Third meetings, January 20 and 27, 2017. Identities for Jordan algebras(informal notes: Meyberg pages 69-70)(click here)
  • Fourth meeting, February 3, 2017. Meyberg Chapter 8 (pp.71-73), Exercises 1-2 (click here)
  • Fourth meeting, February 3, 2017. Simple Jordan algebras (informal notes: Meyberg pages 71-73)(click here)
  • Fifth meeting, February 10, 2017. Meyberg Chapter 8 (pp.74-77 (click here)
  • Fifth meeting, February 10, 2017. Simple Jordan algebras (informal notes: Meyberg pages 73-74, Exercise 3 added)(click here)
  • SOLUTIONS TO "FINAL EXAM" PROBLEMS (From 199A) #7-8. (posted February 17)(click here)
  • Sixth meeting, February 17, 2017. Cancelled due to the weather.
  • Seventh meeting, February 24, 2017. 199A exercises related to Lie Triple Systems (click here)
  • Seventh meeting, February 24, 2017. Meyberg Chapter 5 (pp.40-42) Exercises 1,2 (click here)
  • Seventh and Eighth meetings, February 24 and March 3, 2017. Meyberg Chapter 6 (pp.43-46) Exercises 1,2,3 (click here)
  • Seventh and Eighth meetings, February 24 and March 3, 2017. Lie algebras and Lie Triple Systems-part 1 (informal notes: Meyberg pages 40-46 (here)
  • Eighth meeting, March 3, 2017. Meyberg Chapter 6 (pp.47-48) Exercises 4,5 (click here)
  • Eighth meeting, March 3, 2017.Ideals in the standard embedding (informal notes: Meyberg pages 47-48 (click here)
  • Eighth meeting, March 3, 2017. Notes on Exercise 3 of chapter 6 (click here)
  • SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES 1-5 OF CHAPTER 7 (click here)
  • Ninth meeting, March 10, 2017. Derivations on finite dimensional semisimple Lie Triple Systems are Inner (Theorem 10, page 57, informal notes and review of radicals (Exercise 6 added)(click here)
  • (posted March 18, 2017) "FINAL EXAM" PROBLEMS (199B) This is a list of the statements of the problems assigned from chapters 5,6,7, and 8 (I have not included a "discussion" on any of the problems at this time) (click here)