Algebraic Number Theory, Math 6115 (Fall 2021

Comprehensive exam syllabu

This exam covers fundamental topics in number theory in rings of integers of number
elds. Topics will include elementary number theory, unique factorization and principal
ideal domains, fractional ideals and the ideal class group, localization, and the unit
group. Speci cally, students are expected to be familiar with the following topics

• Basic de nitions of groups, rings, and elds, as well as homomorphisms, and the
construction of quotient groups and rings
• Basic properties of divisibility in the integers, and arithmetic in the integers modulo n
• Basic properties of polynomial rings over elds
• Field extensions, and elds as vector spaces over other elds
• The minimal polynomial of an element algebraic over a sub eld
• Algebraic numbers, and algebraic integers. The de nition of a number eld, and its ring of
integers
• The trace and the norm of an element of a number eld
• The description of the ring of integers in a quadratic number eld
• The de nition of the discriminant of a number eld, and how to use discriminants to nd the
ring of integers
• The basic properties of modules over rings, and the de nition of a fractional ideal
• Properties of fractional ideals in number elds
• The de nition of ideal class group, as well as the proof of its niteness
• How to compute the ideal class group
• Implications of the niteness of the class group for special cases of Fermat’s Last Theorem
• The description of the unit group, and the existence of a nite set of generators

The passing grade for this exam is 75%

References
• Algebraic Theory of Numbers, Pierre Samuel, Dover 200
• Algebraic Number Theory, Serge Lang, Springer 199
• Algebraic Number Theory, Jürgen Neukirch, Springer 1999
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COURSE Syllabus for Comprehensive

MATH 6121 3.0 Applied Algebra, 2021/22 Fall

INSTRUCTOR: Yun Gao, e-mail: ygao@yorku.ca

TEXTBOOK:
(1) Thomas W. Hungerford,
(2) W. Fulton and J. Harris,
Algebra,
Graduate Texts in Mathematics 73
Representation Theory, A first course,
Graduate Texts in Mathematics 129

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
Advanced Group theory and representation theory: Jordan-Holder Theorem, Group action,
Sylow's Theorem, Representation of finite groups and characters;
Preliminary notions in ring theory: Euclidian domain, principal ideal domain and polynomial
rings;
Modules over PID: Chinese Remainder Theorem, classification of finitely generated modules
over PID, classification of finitely generated abelian groups, rational canonical form and
Jordan canonical form.

SYLLABUS: We will study the following sections:

Textbook 1, Chapters II, III, IV
Textbook 2, Chapters I, II, III

Course Evaluation: There will be one midterm test on October 21 (Crowdmark online) worth
of 40%. The final exam in December worth 50% (Crowdmark online). Class participation: 10%.

Comprehensive Exam (Final Exam of the course)

How: online via Crowdmark
Why: I had midterm exam online via Crowdmark. The student’s grades ranged from 70s to
90s which are pretty reasonable. So I will have final exam online via Crowdmark again.

Note: I don’t mind to give in-person exam if a room on campus is arranged.

Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics

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Master’s Thesis
Course information
Student information
TitleMeasure Theory Surname
Course number 6280
Semester F21 Student number

Outline of topics to be covered

Program
Measures and Outer measures, Lebesgue measure and general measures. Completeness and
other properties.
Title ofCauchy
Measurable functions, Littlewood's principles, Ergeroff's theorem, thesis in measure.
The Lebesgue integral and its limit theorems (including the Lebesgue Dominated Convergence
Theorem). Lebesgue's theorem. The fundamental theorem of calculus. Differentiation of the
integral. The general integral.
Signed measures.
Product measure and Fubini's theorem.
The Radon-Nikodym theorem.
Lp spaces. The Riesz-Fischer theorem. The Riesz representation theorem.
Supervisory Committee approval
Reading sources and textbooks
The Supervisory Committee has read the above student’s t
defense. E-mail confirmation can be attached, in lieu of ph
Measure Theory by Donald L Cohn (Second Edition, Birkhauser)
Chapter 1.1->1.5, Chapter 2.1->2.5, Chapter 4.1->4.4,
Supervisor name Chapter
5.1->5.3, Chapter 3.1-> 3.5, Chapter 6.1->6.3, Chapter 7.1->7.2.
Chapter 10.1. Member name

Evaluation method
Member name (if applicable)
Final Examination 3 hours.

In person and invigilated by me (course instructor),

Oral exam date, taking
time andplace
place in a
classroom on York Campus. The following is the recommended examining committee,
approved by the Dean. Please review FGS guidelines on ex
Passing threshold 60%
% of the comprehensive exam
Note: student is responsible for arranging presentation equ

This form must be submitted electronically by email toDate

the(mm/dd/yyyy) Time
Director of the Graduate
Program with signature of the faculty member.

Faculty Signature Date

Name EJ Janse van Rensburg October 6, 2021

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Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics

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Course information

Partial Differential Equations

Title

Course number GS/MATH 6350

Semester Fall 2021

Outline of topics to be covered

Schwartz class and tempered distributions, Fourier transform, weak solutions. 1D wave
equation, general solution, energy, existence and uniqueness, discontinuous coefficient,
changes of variables. Laplace and Helmholtz equations, harmonic functions and their properties.
Heat equation, regularity of solutions. Wave equation in higher dimensions, Radon transform,
energy methods, Green's functions. Schroedinger equation, Maxwell's equations. Scattering
theory.

Reading sources and textbooks

Lawrence Evans, Partial Differential Equations, 2nd Ed.; Gerald Folland, Introduction to Partial
Differential Equations, 2nd Ed.; David Colton, Partial Differential Equations, an Introduction;
Gerald Folland, Fourier Analysis and its Applications.

Evaluation method
3-hour, in-person written exam , invigilated

Passing threshold60% overall exam grade

% of the comprehensive exam 60%

This form must be submitted electronically by email to the Director of the Graduate
Program with signature of the faculty member.

Faculty Signature Date

Digitally signed by P

Name Peter Gibson P Gibson Gibson

Date: 2020.10.19 17 October 2021

09:10:47 -04'00'

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Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics

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Master’s Thesis
Course information
Student information
Title Functional Analysis I
Surname
Course number MATH 6461
Semester Fall 2021 Student number

Outline of topics to be covered

Program
normed linear spaces, classic sequence spaces, direct sums, quotiens, bounded linear maps, du
al spaces, adjoints of linear maps, Banach spaces, absolute summability, Baire Category Theore
m, Open Mapping Theorem, Inverse Mapping Theorem, Closed Title Graph
of thesis
Theorem, Principles of Un
iform Boundedness, topological vector spaces, locally convex topological vector spaces, seminor
ms, finite dimensional topological vector spaces, HahnBanach Extension and Separation Theore
ms and corollaries, dual space topologies, weak and weak* topologies, BanachAlaoglu Theorem,
Goldstine's Theorem, KreinMilman Theorem, compact operators between Banach spaces, Hilbert
spaces, strong and weak operator topologies
Supervisory Committee approval
Reading sources and textbooks
The Supervisory Committee has read the above student’s t
The main references for this examination are the course defense.
notes E-mail confirmation
and assignments can be attached,
for MATH 6461 in lieu of ph
provided this semester. Students may also consider studying Functional Analysis by W. Rudin, A
Supervisor name
nalysis Now by G.K. Pederson, Essential Results in Functional Analysis by R.J. Zimmer, and A C
ourse in Functional Analysis by J.B. Conway.
Member name

Evaluation method
Member name (if applicable)
The examination will be a three hour, closed book, in person examination held during the Fall
final examination period. In the event public health restrictions prevent an in person examination,
an online examination will be held. The professor reserves the right to modify the style, grading
scheme, and all other aspects of the examination should thisOralbe exam date,Intime
required. and place
particular, such an
online examination will be invigilated via Zoom provided the proper authorization being acquired,
The following is the recommended examining committee,
and an oral component will be added to the examination. Students are required to have access
approved by the Dean. Please review FGS guidelines on ex
toPassing threshold
the minimum technology requirements
48 points out of 80 required to complete the examination in the event of
such an inevitability.
% of the comprehensive exam 60
Note: student is responsible for arranging presentation equ

This form must be submitted electronically by email toDate

the(mm/dd/yyyy) Time
Director of the Graduate
Program with signature of the faculty member.

Faculty Signature Date

Name Paul Skoufranis October 4, 2021

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Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics

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Master’s Thesis
Course information
Student information
Title General Topology I
Surname
Course number MATH 6540
Semester Fall 2021 Student number

Outline of topics to be covered

Program
• Topological Spaces (bases, constructing topologies, elementray concepts, continuity,
homeomorphisms)!
Title of
• Cartesian Products (products topologies, continuity, properties of thesis
product topologies)
• Connectedness (components, path connectedness, local connectedness)
• Completeness (complete metric spaces, Baire category thm)
• Compactness (compact metric spaces, Thychonov’s thm, Weierstrass approx. thm)
• Separation Axioms and extension theorems (Hausdorff-regular-normal-completely regular
spaces, Urysohn’s lemma, Tietze extension thm, Stone-Cech compactification)
• Metrization (Second countable spaces, Lindelof spaces, Uryson and Nagata-Smirnov thms)
Supervisory Committee approval
Reading sources and textbooks
The Supervisory Committee has read the above student’s t
Main resource: class notes available on eClass or through the instructor.
defense. E-mailAdditional
confirmationresources:
can be attached, in lieu of ph
• General Topology notes by P. Skoufranis https://pskoufra.info.yorku.ca/notes/
Supervisor name
• J. Dugundji, Topology
• T. W. Gamelin and R. E. Greene, Introduction to Topology
• J. R. Munkres, Topology Member name

Evaluation method
The exam will be held online for a total duration of five hoursMember
and it name (if applicable)
will be invigilated via
proctortrack. The students will be given six problems (with multiple parts), each of which will be
worth 25 points. Four problem will be common with the final exam of the course and two
problems will be extra. Students have to submit complete and justified
Oral answers.
exam date, time For
and each
place answer
they will receive a score based on correctness, completentess, and clarrity.
The following is the recommended examining committee,
approved by the Dean. Please review FGS guidelines on ex
Passing threshold 75/150
% of the comprehensive exam 50%
Note: student is responsible for arranging presentation equ

This form must be submitted electronically by email toDate

the(mm/dd/yyyy) Time
Director of the Graduate
Program with signature of the faculty member.

Faculty Signature Date

Name Pavlos Motakis November 2, 2021

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Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics

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Master’s Thesis
Course information
Probability Theory Student information
Title
Surname
Course number MATH 6605
Semester Winter Student number

Outline of topics to be covered

Program
Weak law of large number, Strong law of large numbers, Borel Cantelli Lemma, convergence in
probability, almost sure convergence, weak convergence, characteristic functions, central limit
theorem, conditional expectations, martingales Title of thesis

Supervisory Committee approval

Reading sources and textbooks
The Supervisory Committee has read the above student’s t
Rosenthal - A first look at rigorous probability theory defense. E-mail confirmation can be attached, in lieu of ph

Supervisor name

Member name

Evaluation method
Member name (if applicable)
The comprehensive exam will coincide with the final examination in the course, which will take
place in-person.

Oral exam date, time and place

The following is the recommended examining committee,
approved by the Dean. Please review FGS guidelines on ex
Passing threshold Satisfactory mastery of the course concepts

% of the comprehensive exam A grade of B in the exam (70%)

Note: student is responsible for arranging presentation equ

This form must be submitted electronically by email toDate

the(mm/dd/yyyy) Time
Director of the Graduate
Program with signature of the faculty member.

Faculty Signature Date

Name Tom Salisbury

Tousling Noo 2,2021
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Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics

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Master’s Thesis
Course information
Student information
TitleMATHEMATICAL STATISTICS Surname
Course number Math 6620
Semester Fall 2021 Student number

Outline of topics to be covered

Program
The topics of the course include:
probability theory
Title of thesis
fundamentals of statistical inference such as exponential families of distributions
various methods of estimation with frequentists or Bayesian methods
the principles of hypothesis testing and confidence regions.

Supervisory Committee approval

Reading sources and textbooks
The Supervisory Committee has read the above student’s t
Mathematical Statistics by Jun Shao defense. E-mail confirmation can be attached, in lieu of ph
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics by Hogg, Mckean & Craig
Supervisor name
Lecture notes of the instructor

Member name

Evaluation method
Member name (if applicable)
in-person and invigilated closed book exam (2 hours, 8 questions)

Oral exam date, time and place

Passing threshold 60%
% of the comprehensive exam
The following is the recommended examining committee,
approved by the Dean. Please review FGS guidelines on ex
100%
Note: student is responsible for arranging presentation equ

This form must be submitted electronically by email toDate

the(mm/dd/yyyy) Time
Director of the Graduate
Program with signature of the faculty member.

Faculty Signature Date

Name Yuejiao Fu 10/4/21

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Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics

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Master’s Thesis
Course information
Student information
Title Applied statistics I
Surname
Course number 6630
Semester Fall 2021-2022 Student number

Outline of topics to be covered

Program
The exam will cover the topics in applied statistics including:
• Maximum likelihood estimation using numeric method
- Discrete optimization Title of thesis
• EM algorithm for missing data
• Monte Carlo simulation methods
• Randomization tests
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods
• Bootstrap and Jackknife methods

Supervisory Committee approval

Reading sources and textbooks
The Supervisory Committee has read the above student’s t
The reference for the exam will be: defense. E-mail confirmation can be attached, in lieu of ph
1) Chapters 1,2,3,4,6, 7, 9 of Computational statistics, GeofSupervisor
Givens name
and Jennifer
Hoeting, Wiley

Member name

Evaluation method
Member name (if applicable)
Grading Scheme: There will be 12 problems with proofs, calculations and short answers. Each
problem is worth 10 points and the pass grade is 72/120.
my exam (Math6630) will be online on zoom. Each student willexam
Oral needdate,
to open
timetheir
and camera
place in their
own separate breakout room.
So the exam will be invigilate via zoom camera. The following is the recommended examining committee,
approved by the Dean. Please review FGS guidelines on ex
Passing threshold 72
% of the comprehensive exam 60% of a total of 120
Note: student is responsible for arranging presentation equ

This form must be submitted electronically by email toDate

the(mm/dd/yyyy) Time
Director of the Graduate
Program with signature of the faculty member.

Faculty Signature Date

Name Xin Gao 10/7/21

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Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics

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Master’s Thesis
Course information
Student information
Title Mathematical Modelling
Surname
Course number 6931
Semester Fall 21 Student number

Outline of topics to be covered

Program
1) Model compartmentalization
2) Dynamical systems (analysis tools, stability analysis, bifurcation, discrete models)
3) Deterministic and stochastic models (probability and randomTitlevariables,
of thesis Monte-Carlo methods;
Markov Chain; transition matrices)
4) Case studies (Population models of growth, interacting species, epidemics, pathogen-host
interactions; and some physical and biological models)
5) Developing stochastic models for a defined biological or physical phenomenon with identified
variables and parameters
Supervisory Committee approval
Reading sources and textbooks
The Supervisory Committee has read the above student’s t
Mathematical Modelling, A Graduate Textbook, Wiley (2018) defense.
Authors: E-mail
Seyedconfirmation can be attached,
M. Moghadas, Majidin lieu of ph
Jaberi-Douraki
Supervisor name

Member name

Evaluation method
Member name (if applicable)
Additional questions will be provided with the final exam. Thresholds of passing comprehensive
exam: 65%
A three-hour written exam in Gauss Lab.
Oral exam date, time and place
The following is the recommended examining committee,
approved by the Dean. Please review FGS guidelines on ex
Passing threshold 65%
% of the comprehensive exam
Note: student is responsible for arranging presentation equ

This form must be submitted electronically by email toDate

the(mm/dd/yyyy) Time
Director of the Graduate
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Faculty Signature Date

Digitally signed by
Seyed
Name Seyed Moghadas Seyed Moghadas
Date: 2021.11.01 November 1, 2021
Moghadas 18:59:39 -04'00'
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Master’s Thesis
Course information
Student information
Title
Surname
Course number
Semester Student number

Outline of topics to be covered

Program

Title of thesis

Supervisory Committee approval

Reading sources and textbooks
The Supervisory Committee has read the above student’s t
defense. E-mail confirmation can be attached, in lieu of ph

Supervisor name

Member name

Evaluation method
Member name (if applicable)

Oral exam date, time and place

The following is the recommended examining committee,
approved by the Dean. Please review FGS guidelines on ex
Passing threshold
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% of the comprehensive exam
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the(mm/dd/yyyy) Time
Director of the Graduate
Program with signature of the faculty member.

Faculty Signature Date

Name Dong Liang Nov 8, 2021, 5:00pm

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