Mathematics 312GT - Abstract Algebra: 'Groups'
Abstract Algebra: Groups
Spring
2023
01
4.00
Jessica Sidman
MWF 11:30AM-12:45PM
Mount Holyoke College
119888
Clapp Laboratory 420
jsidman@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.