SEMESTER II

22MATXXX Algebra –I (Group Theory) 3 1 0 4

Unit 1 Introduction to Groups

Basic Axioms and Examples, Dihedral Groups and its presentation, Symmetric Groups,
Matrix Theory, Quaternion Groups, Homomorphism and Isomorphism, Group Actions (Sec. 1.1
to 1.7) (15 hrs)

Unit 2 Subgroups Groups

Definition of Sub Groups-Examples, Centralizers and Normalizers, Stabilizers and

kernels, Cyclic Groups and Cyclic Subgroups (Sec. 2.1 to 2.3) (10 hrs)

Unit 3 Quotient Groups and Homomorphisms

Definitions and Examples, Cosets and Lagrange’s Theorem, Isomorphism Theorems

(1,2,3) (Sec. 3.1-3.3) (11 hrs)

Unit 4 Group Actions

Group Action and Permutation Representation, Group action on themselves by left

multiplication-Cayley’s Theorem, Group acting on themselves by conjugation-The class
equation, (Sec. 4.1 - 4.3) (11 hrs)

Unit 5 Automorphisms, Sylow Theorem, Direct Products (contd)

Automorphisms, Inner Automorphims, The Sylow thorems(1,2,3) , Defenition of Direct Products

and examples (Sec 4.4, 4.5, 5.1) (10 hrs)

TEXTBOOK:

1. D. S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, Abstract Algebra, 2nd Ed., John Wiley, 2002.

REFERENCES:

1. M.Artin, ‘Algebra’, Prentice Hall inc., 1994.

2. I. N. Herstein, ‘Topics in Algebra’, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2000.
3. S Lang, ’Algebra’, Third Edition, Springer, 2002

Note:  The Problems are to be referred from Reference Book 1.

SEMESTER III

22MATXXX Algebra –II (Rings) 310 4

Unit 1 Introduction to Rings

Definition of Rings and Examples, Polynomial Rings, Matrix Rings, Formal Power
Series Rings, Group Rings. Commutative Rings, Fields, Integral Domain, Division Ring,
Characteristics of an Integral domain (Sec. 7.1 to 7.2) (9 hrs)

Unit 2 Homomorphism, Quotient Rings

Homomorphisms, Isomorphism, Ideals, Quotient Rings, Isomorphism Theorems,

Maximal Ideals and Prime Ideals, Properties of Ideals, every ring has maximal Ideal, Fraction
Rings, Chinese Remainder Theorem (Sec. 7.3 to 7.6) (15 hrs)

Unit 3 Euclidean Domains, P.I.D, U.F.D

Euclidean Domains and examples, Principal Ideal, Unit Element, Greatest Common
Divisor, Prime Elements, Principal Ideal Domains, Dedekind Hasse Norm, Unique Factorization
Domain, Irreducible elements, Every PID is a UFD, The ring of Gaussian integers, Fermat’s
Theorem (Sec. 8.1 to 8.3)
(11 hrs)

Unit 4 Polynomial Rings

Definition and examples of Polynomial Rings, The Division Algorithm, Polnomial Rings
over Fields-1, Polynomial Rings that are U.F.D(characterization), Irreducubilty Criteria,
Eisenstein Criterion. (Sec. 9.1 to 9.4) (11 hrs)

Unit 5 Polynomials in Several Variables and Grobner Bases

Polynomial Rings over Fields-2, Polynomial in Several Variables over Field, Hilbert Basis
Theorem, Grobner Basis, General Polynomial Divison, Existence of Grobner Basis(Proposition
24. In Abstract Algebra) (Sec. 9.5, 9.6) (11 hrs)

TEXTBOOKS:

1. D.S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, ‘Abstract Algebra’, 2nd Ed., John Wiley, 2002.

REFERENCES:

1. M.Artin, ‘Algebra’, Prentice Hall inc 1994. 

2. I.N. Herstein, ‘Topics in Algebra’, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2000.
3. S Lang, ’Algebra’, Third Edition, Springer, 2002
22MATXXX Linear Algebra 310 4

Unit 1. Vector spaces, subspaces, basis and dimension, coordinates, row equivalence,
computations concerning subspaces (Chapter 2. Sec.2.1-2.6)
Unit 2. Algebra of linear transformations, isomorphisms, representation of linear transformations
by matrices. Linear functionals and annihilators, double dual and transpose of a linear
transformation. (Chapter 3. Sec.3.1-3.7)
Unit 3. Determinant functions. Permations and the uniqueness of determinants. Modules and
Multilinear Functional. Characteristic values, Annihilating polynomials, invariant subspaces.
(Sec.5.2-5.6, Sec.6.1-6.4)
Unit 4. Cyclic subspaces ad Annihilators. Cyclic decompositions and Rational form. Jordan
form. Computations of invariant factors. Semi-simple operators. (Chapter 7. Sec.7.1-7.5)
Unit 5. Inner products, Inner product spaces, Linear functionals and adjoints, unitary and normal
operators. Bilinear Forms and Symmetric bilinear forms. (Sec. 8.1-8.5, 10.1-10.2)
Text Books:
1. K. Hoffman and R. Kunze: Linear Algebra, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall of India, 2005.
Reference Books:
1. M.Artin, ‘Algebra’, Prentice Hall inc 1994.
2.I.N. Herstein, ‘Topics in Algebra’, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2000.
3. D.S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, ‘Abstract Algebra’, 2nd Ed., John Wiley, 2002.

22MATXXX Algebra – III (Field Theory) 310 4

Unit 1.
Basic Theory of Field Extensions (Sec. 13.1) (12 hrs)
Unit 2.
Algebraic Extensions (Sec. 13.2) (12 hrs)
Unit 3.
Classical Straightedge and compass constructions, Splitting Fields and Algebraic Closures (Sec.
13.3, 13.4) (12 hrs)
Unit 4.
Basic definitions of Galios theory(Sec. 14.1) (12 hrs)
Unit 5.
Fundamental theorem of Galois theory(Sec. 14.2) (12 hrs)

Text Books:
1. D. S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, Abstract Algebra, 2nd Ed., John Wiley, 2002.
References:
1. M. Artin, Algebra, Prentice Hall of India, 1994.
2. S Lang, ’Algebra’, Third Edition, Springer, 2002
3. E Artin,’Galios Theory’, Dover Publications
R. Lidl and H. Niederreiter, Introduction to Finite Fields and Their Applications, Cambridge
University Press, 1986.
SEMESTER VII/SEMESTER I

22MATXXX Algebra 5 (Categories and Module Theory) 3104

Unit 1
Categories

Definition and examples of categories, Isomorphism, Universal Objects (Sec. 1.11) (11 hrs)

Unit 2

Products and co products, Fiber products and Coproducts, Functors (Sec. 1.11)(11 hrs)

Unit 3: Modules
Basic Definition and examples, the group of homomorphism, direct product and direct sum of
modules, Free modules (Sec. 3.1 to 3.4) (10 hrs)

Unit 4
Dual Space and Dual Module, Modules over Principal Rings, Euler-Poincare maps, Snakes
lemma (Sec. 3.6 to 3.9). (13 hrs)

Unit 5
Tensor Product
Tensor Products, Basic properties of tensor product and examples, Flat Modules (Sec. 16.1 to
16.3) (12 hrs)

TEXTBOOKS:

1. S. Lang, Algebra, 3rd ed. Springer (India) 2002.

REFERENCES

1. D.S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, ‘Abstract Algebra’, 2nd Ed., John Wiley, 2002.
2. M.Artin, ‘Algebra’, Prentice Hall inc 1994. 
3. N. Jacobson, Basic Algebra I & II, Hindustan Publishing Corporation, 19
SEMESTER VIII

22MATXXX Commutative Algebra 3 1 0 4

Unit-1: Rings, Modules and Fractions

Radicals, Nilradical and Jacobson Radical, Operation on Ideals, Extension and contraction, Exact
properties of tensor product, Algebras, Tensor product on algebras, Local Properties, Extended
and Contracted ideals in rings of fractions.

Unit-2: Primary Decomposition and Integral Independence

Primary Decomposition, Uniqueness Theorems, Integral Dependence (Chapter 4 and Sec. 5.1)

Unit-3: Going Up, Going Down theorems

Going Up theorem, Integrally Closed Integral Domains, Going Down, Valuation Rings (if time
permits) (Sec. 5.2 to 5.3)

Unit-4: Chain Conditions and Noetherian Rings

Chain Conditions, Noetherian Rings, Primary Decomposition in Noetherian Rings (Chapter 6

and 7)

Unit-5: Artin Rings, Discrete Valuation Rings and Dedekind Domains

Artin Rings, Discrete Valuation Rings, Dedekind Domains, Fractional ideals (if time permits)
(Chapter 8 and Sec. 8.1,8.2)

Textbook:

1. M.F Atiyah and I.G MacDonald, Introduction to Commutative Algebra, Addison-

Wesley,1969

Reference Books:

1. D. Eisenbud, Commutative Algebra with a view toward algebraic geometry, Springer-

Verlag, Berlin, 2003

2. B. Singh, Basic Commutative Algebra, World Scientific, 2011

3. Zariski and Samuel, Commutative Algebra I, II , Springer, 1991.