Mathematics 350 - Groups, Rings and Fields
Spring
2013
01
4.00
Robert Benedetto
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM; TH 09:00AM-09:50AM
Amherst College
MATH-350-01-1213S
SMUD 207; SMUD 207
rlbenedetto@amherst.edu
A brief consideration of properties of sets, mappings, and the system of integers, followed by an introduction to the theory of groups and rings including the principal theorems on homomorphisms and the related quotient structures; integral domains, fields, polynomial rings. Four class hours per week.
Requisite: MATH 271 or 272 or consent of the instructor. Spring semester. Professor R. Benedetto.