The Art of Factorization in Multiplicative Structures An MAA PREP Workshop held at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas May 20th - May 25th, 2007

Organized by: Scott Chapman, Trinity University and Jim Coykendall, North Dakota State University.  MAA PREP Activities are funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Slides from Lectures, Main Talks and Problem Sessions

1. Scott Chapman: Why Factorization Theory: The Basics

2. Jim Coykendall: Nearly Unique Factorization Types

3. Vadim Ponomarenko: Monoid Factorization Invariants

4. Paul Baginski: Problem Session 1

5. Paul Baginski: Problem Session 2

6. Paul Baginski: Problem Session 3

7. Lectures by Alfred Geroldinger

8. Lectures by David Anderson

9. Lectures by Ulrich Krause

10. Graduate Seminar by Paul Baginski: A Case Study in Factorization Theory: Arithmetical Congruence Monoids

11. Graduate Seminar by Amanda Matson: Overlooked Factorization Domains

Problem Sets

1. Problem Set from Alfred Geroldinger

2. Problem Set from David Anderson

3. Problem Set from Ulrich Krause