Course: Algebra 5

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Course title Algebra 5
Course code KAG/ALG5A
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Botur Michal, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Halaš Radomír, prof. Mgr. Dr.
Course content
- Natural numbers. Peano axioms, arithmetic operations and ordering in NN. - Embedding of a semigroup into a group, the integers, ordering of ZZ via NN, ordered rings and their properties. - Field of fractions of an integral domain, the rational numbers, ordering of QQ. - Real numbers. Dedekind cuts and Cantor?s theory of Cauchy (fundamental) sequences. - Complex numbers. - Numeral systems, zz-adic expansions of numbers, divisibility criteria. - Hyper-complex numbers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Understand the construction of number fields
Understanding of constructions of number systems
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Credit:, active participation in exercises, final test. Exam: understanding the material and being able to prove the main proposition.
Recommended literature
  • Judson, T. W. Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications.
  • Silverman, Joseph H. (2013). A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory. 4th ed.. Boston: Pearson Addison-Wesley.
  • Stillwell, J. (2013). The Real Numbers: An Introduction to Set Theory and Analysis. New York: Springer.


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