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Abstract Algebra Syllabus (Sem-4)

This document outlines an abstract algebra course for undergraduate students. The 4 credit course consists of 3 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week, with no practical component. Eligibility is open to any student who has passed Class XII with mathematics. The course aims to introduce fundamental concepts of groups, rings, integral domains, and fields. It will help students appreciate different types of groups in nature and classify them. Students will also understand concepts like cosets, normal subgroups, homomorphisms, ideals, and factor rings. The syllabus is divided into 3 units covering topics on groups, cyclic and permutation groups, Lagrange's theorem, and an introduction to rings, fields, and homomorphisms. Suggested textbooks for the

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Abstract Algebra Syllabus (Sem-4)

This document outlines an abstract algebra course for undergraduate students. The 4 credit course consists of 3 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week, with no practical component. Eligibility is open to any student who has passed Class XII with mathematics. The course aims to introduce fundamental concepts of groups, rings, integral domains, and fields. It will help students appreciate different types of groups in nature and classify them. Students will also understand concepts like cosets, normal subgroups, homomorphisms, ideals, and factor rings. The syllabus is divided into 3 units covering topics on groups, cyclic and permutation groups, Lagrange's theorem, and an introduction to rings, fields, and homomorphisms. Suggested textbooks for the

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Essential Reading

1. Gallian, Joseph. A. (2017). Contemporary Abstract Algebra (9th ed.). Cengage Learning
India Private Limited, Delhi. Indian Reprint (2021).
Suggestive Reading
• Beachy, John A., & Blair, William D. (2006). Abstract Algebra (3rd ed.). Waveland Press.

B.Sc. (Physical Sciences/Mathematical Sciences) Semester-IV


with Mathematics as one of the Core Discipline
Category-III

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 4 (Discipline A-4): ABSTRACT ALGEBRA

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE

Course title & Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite
Code criteria of the course
Lecture Tutorial Practical/ (if any)
Practice

Abstract 4 3 1 0 Class XII pass NIL


Algebra with
Mathematics

Learning Objectives: The primary objective of the course is to introduce:


• Modular arithmetic, fundamental theory of groups, rings, integral domains, and fields.
• Symmetry group of a plane figure, and basic concepts of cyclic groups.
• Cosets of a group and its properties, Lagrange’s theorem, and quotient groups.

Learning Outcomes: This course will enable the students to:


• Appreciate ample types of groups present around us which explains our surrounding
better, and classify them as abelian, cyclic and permutation groups.
• Explain the significance of the notion of cosets, normal subgroups and homomorphisms.
• Understand the fundamental concepts of rings, subrings, fields, ideals, and factor rings.

SYLLABUS OF DISCIPLINE A-4

UNIT-I: Introduction to Groups (12 hours)


Modular arithmetic; Definition and examples of groups, Elementary properties of groups,
Order of a group and order of an element of a group; Subgroups and its examples, Subgroup
tests; Center of a group and centralizer of an element of a group.

UNIT-II: Cyclic Groups, Permutation Groups and Lagrange’s Theorem (18 hours)
Cyclic groups and its properties, Generators of a cyclic group; Group of symmetries;
Permutation groups, Cyclic decomposition of permutations and its properties, Even and odd

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permutations and the alternating group; Cosets and Lagrange’s theorem; Definition and
examples of normal subgroups, Quotient groups; Group homomorphisms and properties.

UNIT-III: Rings, Integral Domains and Fields (15 hours)


Definition, examples and properties of rings, subrings, integral domains, fields, ideals and
factor rings; Characteristic of a ring; Ring homomorphisms and properties.

Essential Reading
1. Gallian, Joseph. A. (2017). Contemporary Abstract Algebra (9th ed.). Cengage Learning
India Private Limited, Delhi. Indian Reprint (2021).

Suggestive Reading
• Beachy, John A., & Blair, William D. (2006). Abstract Algebra (3rd ed.). Waveland Press.

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