Ph.D. Entrance Exam/M.S. Advanced Exam

    Feel free to contact any of the examiners for further information on exam topics and possible study materials.
 

Real Analysis

    Examiners (2008-20010)
    Sherm Riemenschneider ( sherm@math.wvu.edu)
    Dening Li (li@math.wvu.edu)

    This exam covers, basically speaking, Lebesgue Measure and associated topics as are found in the first six chapters of the standard text "Real Analysis" by Royden. You are also expected to know the basic results from advanced calculus. Examples of exams from previous years may be viewed by following the link. Note however, that these problems and similar sample problems are intended only as a general indication of problem topics and type.

Algebra

    Examiners (2008-2010)
    Jerzy Wojciechowski (jerzy@math.wvu.edu)
    Hong-Jian Lai (hjlai@math.wvu.edu)

    Syllabus        This is a link to the syllabus
    Old Exams    A single file containing several years of previous exams.

Topology

    Examiners (2008-2010)
    Chris  Ciesielski (kcies@math.wvu.edu)
    Eddie Fuller (ef@math.wvu.edu)

 The link contains a syllabus and some previous exams.  The topics covered are from a standard first-year graduate topology course.

Differential Equations

    Examiners (2006-2008)
    Harumi Hattori (hattori@math.wvu.edu)
    Harry Gingold (gingold@math.wvu.edu)

    This exam covers intermediate ordinary differential equations at about the level of Brauer & Nohel. The link above is to a syllabus.
Here some past exams.