Semester: Fall 2020-2021
Instructor: Erkan Murat TÜRKAN
Office: R-216
Catalogue Description:
Groups, Subgroups, Lagrange’s Theorem, Normal Subgroups, Quotient Groups, Homomorphisms, Direct Products, Semidirect Products, Group Action on Sets, Cayley’s Theorem, The Class Equation, Sylow Theorems, Rings, Fields, Integral Domains, Prime Ideals, Maximal Ideals, Rings of Polynomials, Factorization of Polynomials over a Field, Homomorphisms, Factor Rings, Unique Factorization Domains, Euclidean Domains, Field Extensions, Algebraic Extensions, Finite Fields.
Textbooks:
- Fundamentals of Abstract Algebra, D. S. Malik, John M. Mordeson, M. K. Sen, Mcgraw-Hill, 1996
- Abstract Algebra, An Introduction, Third Edition, Thomas W. Hungerford, Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2014
- A First Course in Abstract Algebra, John B. Fraleigh, Pearson, 2002
- Abstract Algebra, David S. Dummit, Richard M. Foote, Wiley, 2003
- A First Course in Abstract Algebra with Applications, Joseph J. Rotman, Pearson, 2005
- Algebra, Michael Artin, Pearson, 2010
Evaluation Criteria:
To be announced
Exam Dates
Midterm 1 (online)
11.11.2020 Wednesday 19:00
Midterm 2 (online)
16.12.2020 Wednesday 19:00
Final (online or in class)
15.01.2021 Friday 10:00