MATH 500
Abstract Algebra I

Credit:  4 hours.


Isomorphism theorems for groups, centers of p-groups, simplicity of A n, Jordan-Holder Theorem; Commutative Rings and Fields, PIDs, UFDs, Gauss's Lemma, splitting fields, Hilbert Basis Theorem, Zariski topology; Modules over Commutative Rings, structure theorem for finitely generated modules over PIDs, with applications to abelian groups and canonical forms for matrices; Zorn's lemma and applications, existence and uniqueness of algebraic closures; Categories and Functors, universal mapping properties, natural transformations, limits and colimits. Prerequisite: MATH 417 and MATH 418.