Kursöversikt
See the course memo for information on literature, homework and exam. Also see the formal course syllabus.
Lecture plan
Recommended exercises marked with an asterisk (*) are more difficult and those in bold are more important.
| Lecture | Subject | Section in Judson | Recommended exercises | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduction to groups: symmetry groups och axioms of groups | 3.1-3.2 | 3.4: 2,4,7,14,17*,25,31*,33* | 
| 2 | dihedral groups, subgroups, generators, matrix groups | 3.3, 12.1 | 
 3.4: 37,41,47,53,54  | 
| 3 | cyclic groups | 4 | 4.4: 1, 2, 5, 13, 14, 22, 23, 25, 34 | 
| 4 | permutation groups | 5.1 | 
 5.3: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 18, 21, 23, 25  | 
| 5 | cosets and Lagrange's theorem | 6.1-6.2 | 
 
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| 6 | theorems of Euler and Fermat, isomorphisms | 6.3, 9 | 
 6.4: 7, 8  | 
| 7 | normal subgroups and quotient groups | 10 | 10.3: 1, 4, 7, 13 | 
| 8 | 
 A5 is simple; repetition  | 
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| 9 | homomorphisms and isomorphism theorems | 11 | 11.3: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16 | 
| 10 | abelian groups | 13.1 | 13.3: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 | 
| 11 | group actions | 14.1 | 14.4: 2, 4, 5, 6, 20, 24* | 
| 12 | Sylow theorems I | 15.1-15.2 | 15.3: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16*, 22, 25* | 
| 13 | Sylow theorems II | 15.1-15.2 | see above | 
| 14 | repetition | 
| Lecture | Subject | Section in Judson | Recommended exercises | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | introduction to rings: rings, fields and integral domains | 16.1-16.2 | 16.6: 1,2,3,7,9,12,17,18,28* | 
| 16 | ring homomorphisms, ideals, quotient rings and isomorphism theorems | 16.3 | 
 16.6: 4,5,6,7,20,21,25,27,37  | 
| 17 | maximal and prime ideals; polynomials | 16.4-17.1 | 17.4: 1,2,3,4,5,12,13,15,16 | 
| 18 | irreducible polynomials | 17.2-17.3 | 
 17:4: 8,10,24,25,28 17.5:1,2,7*  | 
| 19 | integral domains and fraction fields | 18.1 | 18.3: 2,3,7,9 | 
| 20 | faktorization in integral domains: UFD, PID, ED, quadratic integers | 18.2 | 
 18.3: 11,12,15,16,18  | 
| 21 | field extensions (and a bit on quadratic integers) | 21.1 | 
 21.4:1,2,3,4  | 
| 22 | algebraic extensions and algebraic closure | 21.1 | 21.4: 9,17, 12,13,16,22 | 
| 23 | 21.2-21.3 | 21.4: 20, 21, 25, 26 | |
| 24 | finite fields | 22.1 | 22.3:3,4,5,6,14,16 | 
| 25 | Galois theory | 23.1-23.2 | free, not on the exam | 
| 26 | repetition: groups | ||
| 27 | repetition: rings and fields | ||
Kurssammanfattning:
| Datum | Information | Sista inlämningsdatum | 
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