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PMTH332 Abstract Algebra
Updated: 26 September 2008
| Credit Points |
6 |
| Offering |
| Responsible Campus |
Teaching Period |
Mode of Study |
|
Armidale
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Semester 2
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Off Campus
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|
Armidale
|
Semester 2
|
On Campus
|
|
| Online level |
Level B - Internet access required
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| Intensive School(s) |
| Start |
Finish |
Attendance |
Notes |
14 September 2009
|
16 September 2009
|
Non-Mandatory
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|
|
| Supervised Exam |
November
|
| Pre-requisites |
PMTH213 or PMTH213A or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
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| Co-requisites |
None
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| Restrictions |
PMTH332A
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| Notes |
None |
| Combined Units |
None
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| Coordinator(s) |
Adam Harris
(aharris5@une.edu.au)
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| Unit Description |
This unit provides an introduction to the theory of groups and rings covering basic properties, subgroups and subrings, quotient structures, products of groups and rings, isomorphism theorems, cyclic groups, the Fundamental Theorem of Finitely Generated Abelian Groups, the Sylow Theorems, polynomial rings and fields of quotients. This unit is essential for students contemplating further studies in mathematics. Three lectures and a one hour tutorial per week.
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Prescribed Material
Mandatory |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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Recommended Material
Optional |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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| Disclaimer |
Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |
