Course: Algebra 3

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Course title Algebra 3
Course code KAG/MAL3A
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kühr Jan, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Chajda Ivan, prof. RNDr. DrSc.
  • Kurač Zbyněk, Mgr.
Course content
Partitions and equivalence relations, quotient sets, mappings and equivalence relations. Groups (basic examples). Subgroups, subgroup generated by a subset, order of an element, order of a (sub)group. Left and right cosets, index of a subgroup, Lagrange?s theorem. Normal subgroups and quotient groups. Homomorphisms, normal subgroups and congruences, the homomorphism theorem. The center of a group, inner automorphisms. Symmetric groups, Cayley?s theorem. Cyclic groups, classification of cyclic groups. Direct products of groups, decomposition into direct product. Finite abelian groups. Rings, integral domains and division rings (basic examples). Subrings, ideals and quotient rings. Prime ideals and maximal ideals. Homomorphisms, ideals and congruences, the homomorphism theorem. The characteristic of a ring. Finite fields.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
To understand the rudiments of the theory of groups and rings.
1. Knowledge Define basic notions, describe basic constructions and recall fundamental theorems of theory of groups and rings.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Credit: attendance at seminars, written test. Exam: oral exam, students have to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the subject matter.
Recommended literature
  • Grillet P. A. (2007). Abstract algebra. Springer New York.
  • Milne J. S. Fields and Galois Theory.
  • Milne J. S. Group Theory.
  • Roman S. (2012). Fundamentals of Group Theory - An Advanced Approach. Birkhäuser.


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