AIS - Topics in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry (2026)

Speakers and Syllabus


Name of the Speaker with affiliation

No. of Lectures

Detailed Syllabus

Dr. Rohith Varma
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

6

(1.5

hours)

Presheaves, sheaves, sheafificaiton, ringed spaces, schemes, morphisms of schemes, sheaves of modules, constructions of sheaves.

Prof. Manoj Kummini
Chennai Mathematical Institute

4

(1.5

hours)

Homological tools (Mapping cones, Spectral sequences)

Dr. Sanjay Amrutiya
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

4

(1.5

hours)

Separated and proper morphisms, divisors, differentials, invertible sheaves, Leray spectral sequence.

Dr.Vivek Mukundan
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

4

(1.5

hours)

Injective resolutions and Matlis duality

Prof. Jugal K Verma
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

5

(1.5

hours)

Gorenstein rings and canonical modules

Prof.Krishna Hanumanthu
Chennai Mathematical Institute

4

(1.5

hours)

Derived functors, sheaf cohomology, Grothendieck vanishing, cohomology of affine schemes, Serre’s affineness criterion, Cech cohomology, cohomology of projective spaces.

Prof. Tony J. Puthenpurakal
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

5

(1.5

hours)

Local cohomology, local duality and some applications

Prof. A J Parameswaran
Kerala School of Mathematics

4

(1.5

hours)

Serre’s vanishing, ext groups and sheaves, higher direct image sheaves, formal function theory, semi continuity, vanishing theorems (Kodaira-Akizuki -Nakano,Grauert-Riemenschneider), Formal duality.

References:

    1. W. Bruns and J. Herzog, Cohen-Macaulay rings, Revised edition 1998.

    2. R. Hartshorne, Algebraic geometry, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1977.

    3. Joseph J. Rotman. An introduction to homological algebra. Universitext. Springer, New York, second edition, 2009.

    4. Lecture notes on Cohomology of coherent sheaves by K. H. Paranjape and V. Srinivas. (Lecture notes from the speakers, if available)

Pre-requisites for Commutative Algebra :H. Matsumura, Commutative Ring Theory, Chapters 1-7 and Appendices A and B (excluding the sections on Gorenstein rings and injective modules).


Tutorial Assistants:

S. No. Name Affiliation
1 Samarendra Sahoo Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
2 Sayed Sadiqul Islam Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
3 Omkar Javadekar Chennai Mathematical Institute
4 Sudeshna Roy Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
5 Suprajo Das Ahmedabad University
6 Gopinath Sahoo Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
7 Debojyoti Bhattacharya Chennai Mathematical Institute
8 Pavan Adroja Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

 

 


Time Table

Day Date Lecture 1
(9.30–11.00)
Tea
(11.05 – 11.25)
Lecture 2
(11.30–1.00)
Lunch
(1.05–2.25)
Tutorial
(2.30–3.30)
Tea
(3.35-3.55)
Tutorial
(4.00-5.00)
Snacks
5.05-5.30
    (name of the speaker   (name of the speaker)   (name of the speaker + tutors)   (name of the speaker + tutors)  
Mon 8th June VM   RV   VM+SS +SSI   VM+SS+ SSI  
Tues 9th June VM   RV   RV+GS+ PA   RV+GS+ PA  
Wed 10th June VM   MK   VM+SS+ SSI   MK+SS+ SSI  
Thu 11th June MK   RV   MK+SS +SSI   RV+GS+ PA  
Fri 12th June VM   MK   VM+SS+ SSI   MK+SS+ MB  
Sat 13th June JKV   MK   MK+SS+ SSI   JKV+SS+ SSI  
SUNDAY: OFF 
Mon 15 th June JKV   RV   RV+GS+ PA   JKV+SS+ SSI  
Tues 16th June JKV   RV   RV+GS+ PA   JKV+SS+ SSI  
Wed 17th June JKV   RV   RV+GS+ PA   JKV+SS+ SSI  
Thu 18th June JKV   SA   SA+GS+ PA   JKV+SS+ SSI  
Fri 19th June SA   KH   SA+GS+ PA   KH+SD+ DB  
Sat  20th June SA   KH   SA+SD+ DB   KH+SD+ DB  
SUNDAY: OFF 
Mon 22nd June SA   KH   SA+SD+ DB   KH+SD+ DB  
Tues 23rd June TJP   KH   TJP+OJ+ SR   KH+SD+ DB  
Wed 24th June TJP   AJP   TJP+OJ+ SR   TJP+OJ+ SR  
Thu 25th June TJP   AJP   AJP+SD+ DB   AJP+SD+ DB  
Fri 26th June TJP   AJP   TJP+OJ+ SR   AJP+SD+ DB  
Sat 27th June TJP   AJP   TJP+OJ+ SR   AJP+SD+ DB  

 

 

Full forms for the abbreviations of speakers and tutors:
RV: Rohith Varma
VM: Vivek Mukundan
SA:Sanjay Amrutiya
MK Mitra Koley
JKV: Jugal K Verma
KH: Krishna Hanumanthu
TJP: Tony J. Puthenpurakal
AJP: A J Parameswaran 

 

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