MATH2070A - Algebraic Structures - 2021/22

Announcement

• First Class is Monday September 6th - there will be no tutorial this week.
• See Blackboard for lecture notes.

General Information

Lecturer

• Michael McBreen
  • Office: Room 235, Lady Shaw Building
  • Email:
  • Office Hours: TBA

Teaching Assistant

• Cheung-Chin Ho
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  • Office Hours: TBA
• Ng Ming Ho
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  • Office Hours: TBA

Time and Venue

• Lecture: Mondays 3:30-4:15PM Wu Ho Man Yuen Bldg 301, Wednesdays 2:30-4:15 Wu Ho Man Yuen Bldg 306
• Tutorial: Mondays 2:30PM - 3:15PM Wu Ho Man Yuen Bldg 301.

Course Description

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of modern algebra.

Topics include : • Groups - examples of groups such as the permutation group, the dihedral groups and the cyclic groups. Subgroups, Lagrange's theorem and group homomorphisms. • Rings - examples of rings such as the ring of integers and polynomial rings. Integral domains, fields, ring homomorphisms, ideals and quotient rings. • Fields - examples of field extensions and finite fields.

Pre-class Notes

• Syllabus

Lecture Notes

• Tutorial 1

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