MA 606 Foundation of Algebra II

Topics covered in the sequence MA 605-606 include: elementary number theory, basic group theory, Lagrange’s theorem, isomorphism theorems, solvability, direct products, Jordan-Holder theorem, Sylow theorems, basic properties of rings, quotient rings, field of quotients of an integral domain, polynomial rings, factorization, elementary properties of fields, field extensions, and Galois theory.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MA 605

Distribution

Pure and Applied Mathematics Program

Typically Offered Periods

Spring Semester