Mathematics 312GT - Abstract Algebra: 'Groups'

Abstract Algebra: Groups

Spring
2022
01
4.00
Margaret Robinson

TTH 10:00AM-11:15AM;W 07:15PM-08:05PM

Mount Holyoke College
116904
Clapp Laboratory 401;Clapp Laboratory 306
robinson@mtholyoke.edu
Abstract algebra is the study of the common principles that govern computations with seemingly disparate objects. One way to begin is by studying groups, which are sets with a single operation under which each non-identity element is invertible. Examples include the integers with addition, invertible matrices of size n, permutations of a fixed set, and the symmetries of an object. Our goal is to study a definition of groups that unifies all of the important examples above and more.

Prereq: MATH-211 and either MATH-206 or MATH-232.

This course will satisfy the MATH-311 requirement for the mathematics major.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.