Mathematics 312GT - Abstract Algebra: 'Groups'
Abstract Algebra: Groups
Spring
2025
01
4.00
Derek Young
MWF 10:00AM-11:15AM
Mount Holyoke College
126991
Reese 301
dyoung@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.