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Math 386

Advanced Topics in Abstract Algebra

Schedule

For the first part of the course, we will be covering approximately one section per day in Stewart's Galois Theory During the last part of the course, we will be covering comparable amounts of material in the subjects of Linear Algebra and Combinatorics.

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Wednesday, 1/19: Constructions with Ruler and Compass
Friday, 1/21: Polynomials, Solutions, and Irreducibility Review
Monday, 1/24: Roots of Unity, Introduction to Field Extensions
Wednesday, 1/21: Finite, Algebraic and Transcendental Field Extensions
Monday, 1/31: Impossibility Proofs and Introduction to the Galois Correspondence
Wednesday, 1/19: Constructions with Ruler and Compass
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