Math 563 Abstract Algebra
Section 001, CRN 36150
Spring 2008

Instructor Office Office Hours Email
Andrew Knightly Neville 424 Any time 9-4 knightly@math.umaine.edu
Class Meeting Time: MWF 11:00-11:50 PM in Neville 406.
Text: Algebra by Hungerford
Syllabus:
  • Groups
    • Definition and examples
    • Subgroups
    • Symmetric and Alternating groups
    • Cosets and quotients
    • Homomorphisms
    • Group Actions
    • Sylow Theorems
    • Jordan Holder Theorem
  • Fields
    • Polynomial rings
    • Field extensions
    • Galois theory
    • Solvability by radicals
    • Finite fields
Grading:
Homework: 100%

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