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Ma 6003

This document outlines an Algebra course with the code MA 6003 worth 4 credits that covers group theory, vector spaces, and linear transformations over 42 lectures. The course objectives are for students to understand groups, basic group concepts, vector spaces, and apply the theories to problems. Upon completion, students will be able to define groups, apply group concepts, understand vector spaces and linear transformations, and solve related problems.

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Ma 6003

This document outlines an Algebra course with the code MA 6003 worth 4 credits that covers group theory, vector spaces, and linear transformations over 42 lectures. The course objectives are for students to understand groups, basic group concepts, vector spaces, and apply the theories to problems. Upon completion, students will be able to define groups, apply group concepts, understand vector spaces and linear transformations, and solve related problems.

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Course Name : ALGEBRA

Course Code : MA 6003


Credits : 4
L T P : 3-1-0
Total No. of
Lectures – 42

Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, the students should be able to understand the concept of a group and
give examples of groups. They should know the basic concepts of group theory and be able to
apply these concepts. They should be able to understand the concepts of a vector space, a linear
transformation of vector spaces. They should be able to apply the theory to solve problems.

No. of
Lecture wise breakup
Lectures
1 Definition of a group, examples, some preliminary lemmas, Subgroups, 10
Examples, Cosets, Order of a group, Lagrange’s Theorem,Euler’s Theorem, A
counting principle.
2 Normal subgroups and quotient groups, Homomorphism, Cauchy’s Theorem, 16
Sylows Theorem for Abelian groups, Automorphisms, Cayley’s Theorem,
Permutation groups, Conjugacy classes, Class Equation.
3 Vector Spaces: 16

Vector spaces Linear dependence, Basis, Dimension, Co- ordinates


with respect to a basis, Change of basis, Subspace., Linear transformation Rn
→Rm , Range space and Rank, Null space and Nullity, Rank and Nullity
relation, Matrix representation of a linear transformation, Similar matrices,
Invertible linear transformation. Inner product, Norm, Gram-Schmidt
orthogonalization process.

Course Outcomes:

By the end of the course, the students will be able to

1. Understand the concept of a group and give examples of groups.


2. Know the basic concepts of group theory and be able to apply these concepts.
3. Understand the concepts of a vector space, linear transformation of vector spaces.
4. Understand and apply the theory of vector spaces to solve problems.
Suggested Books:
Sr.No. Name of Book / Authors / Publishers Year of Publication/
Edition
1 “Topics in Algebra”, Herstein, I.N.2nd edition, Wiley Eastern 1981
Limited, New Delhi.
2 “Modern Algebra”, Singh, S and Zameeruddin, Q ,Vikas 2015
Publishing House, New Delhi
3 “Rings and Modules”, Musili, C, Narosa Publishing House, (2nd 1997
Edition),New Delhi.
4 Introduction to Linear Algebra with Applications, Kolman and 2003
Hill, Pearson Education

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