MATH 5109
Algebra II: Groups and Galois Theory
Group actions, class equation, Sylow theorems, central, composition and derived series, Jordan-Holder theorem, field extensions and minimal polynomials, algebraic closure, separable extensions, integrality, Galois groups, fundamental theorem of Galois theory, finite fields, cyclotomic field extensions, fundamental theorem of algebra, transcendental extensions.
2020
Readings
- R. Ash, Abstract Algebra: The Basic Graduate Year, Free open-source textbook, https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/ r-ash/Algebra.html
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MATH 5109W W21 ↗2020