Expository Notes
A Primer of Commutative Algebra
Motives---Grothendieck's Dream
Shimura Varieties and Langlands
Introduction to Shimura Varieties
Shimura Varieties and Moduli
Tannakian Categories
Errata
pdf (current version 2.22, March 30, 2011).

Abstract

These notes prove the basic theorems in commutative algebra required for algebraic geometry and algebraic groups. They assume only a knowledge of the algebra usually taught in advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate courses. However, they are quite concise.

Contents

Rings and algebras; ideals; noetherian rings; unique factorization; integrality; rings of fractions; direct limits; tensor products; flatness; finitely generated projective modules; the Hilbert Nullstellsatz; the max spectrum of a ring; dimension theory for finitely generated k-algebras; primary decompositions; artinian rings; dimension theory for noetherian rings; regular local rings; connections with geometry.

History

v1.00 (January 1, 2009). First version on the web. 51 pages. pdf (old version 1.00).
v2.00 (April 5, 2009). Revised and completed. 64 pages. pdf (old version 2.00).
v2.10 (May 30, 2009). Many improvements to the exposition (thanks to Shu Otsuka). 65 pages. pdf (old version 2.10).
v2.20 (April 10, 2010). Added section on finitely generated projective modules; minor fixes.74 pages. pdf (old version 2.20).
v2.21 (April 27, 2010). Minor fixes. 74 pages. pdf (old version 2.21).
v2.22 (March 30, 2011). Minor changes. 75 pages.