MATH 501
Abstract Algebra II

Credit:  4 hours.


Solvable groups, finite p-groups, semidirect products, Sylow's theorem; Galois Theory, transcendental extensions, separable and normal extensions, finite Galois groups, Theorem of the Primitive Element, Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory, symmetric Function Theorem, examples, cyclotomic, cyclic and radical extentions; Modules over Arbitrary Rings, exact sequences, projective and injective modules, Tensor products, Matrix rings, Schur's lemma, Wedderburn's theorem on semisimple rings, group algebras, Maschke's theorem; Algebraic Geometry, varieties, morphisms of varieties, Noetherian properties, Irreducible varieties and prime ideals. Prerequisite: MATH 500.