Course contents
Example of noncommutative rings. (Left or right) modules over a ring and bimodules. Artinian and Noetherian rings and modules. Semisimple rings and modules; Wedderburn-Artin theorem. Jacobson radical and J-semisimple rings. Local rings and Krull-Schmidt theorem; semilocal rings. Further possible topics include: (semi)prime rings and primitive rings; (semi)perfect rings and homological properties; module categories and Morita theory; simple rings and Brauer group of a field.
Reccomended or required readings
P. Aluffi, "Algebra: chapter 0", Graduate Studies in Mathematics 104, American Mathematical Society, 2009.
T.Y. Lam, "A first course in noncommutative rings", second edition, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 131, Springer-Verlag, 2001.
T.Y. Lam, "Lectures on rings and modules", Graduate Texts in Mathematics 189, Springer-Verlag, 1998.
R.S. Pierce, "Associative algebras", Graduate Texts in Mathematics 88, Springer-Verlag, 1982.
Assessment methods
The exam consists of an oral examination, during which the student must answer some questions, mainly of a theoretical nature.