This text introduces readers to the algebraic concepts of group and rings, providing a comprehensive discussion of theory as well as a significant number of applications for each.
KEY TOPICS: Number Theory: Induction; Binomial Coefficients; Greatest Common Divisors; The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
Congruences; Dates and Days.
Groups I: Some Set Theory; Permutations; Groups; Subgroups and Lagrange's Theorem; Homomorphisms; Quotient Groups; Group Actions; Counting with Groups.
Commutative Rings I: First Properties; Fields; Polynomials; Homomorphisms; Greatest Common Divisors; Unique Factorization; Irreducibility; Quotient Rings and Finite Fields; Officers, Magic, Fertilizer, and Horizons.
Linear Algebra: Vector Spaces; Euclidean Constructions; Linear Transformations; Determinants; Codes; Canonical Forms.
Fields: Classical Formulas; Insolvability of the General Quintic; Epilog.
Groups II: Finite Abelian Groups; The Sylow Theorems; Ornamental Symmetry.
Commutative Rings III: Prime Ideals and Maximal Ideals; Unique Factorization; Noetherian Rings; Varieties; Grobner Bases.
MARKET: For all readers interested in abstract algebra.
This text introduces students to the algebraic concepts of group and rings, providing a comprehensive discussion of theory as well as a significant number of applications for each.