Robert R. Bruner (WSU): Design and applications of 'ext', a software package which calculates minimal resolutions for modules over the mod 2 Steenrod algebra and chain maps between them ( Lecture 1).

This lecture is the first of a mini-course consisting of seven lectures given by Professor Robert Bruner (Wayne State University, Detroit, USA), the author of the package. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops and do the calculations in real time with the speaker.