Note: The lecture materials are in reverse chronological order. (The lectures from Fall, 2002 were given in Math 715. The lectures from Winter, 2003 were given in the Commutative Algebra Seminar.)

This is a preliminary version of these lecture notes and should not be used as a reference.

Lectures of April 24 and 25
Lecture of April 22
Lecture of April 17
Lecture of April 10
Lecture of April 3
Lecture of March 6
Lecture of February 20
Lecture of February 13
Lecture of February 6
Lecture of January 30
Lecture of January 23
Lecture of January 16
Lecture of January 9

Lecture of December 12 Lecture of December 11 Lecture of December 9 Lecture of December 2 Lecture of November 27 Lecture of November 25 Lecture of November 21 Lecture of November 20

Lecture of November 18 Lecture of November 14 Lecture of November 13 Lecture of November 7 Lectures of November 4 and 6        Lecture of October 31 Lecture of October 30 Lecture of October 28

Lecture of October 24 Lecture of October 21 Lecture of October 17 Lecture of October 10 Lecture of October 3 Lecture of September 30 Lecture of September 26 Lecture of September 25

Preliminary written version of three lectures on tight closure given during the Introductory Workshop for the year in Commutative Algebra at MSRI, September 9, 10, and 11, 2002:
Tight closure theory and characteristic p methods.
This write-up covers most of the material discussed in the first several lectures of the course.

Problem sets:    1   *    2   *    3   *    4   *    5

Solutions:         1   *    2   *    3