Algebra II Spring 2024

Lecturer
Özlem Imamoglu
Lectures
Mon 13-14, HG F 3
Wed 14-16, HG F 3
Coordinator
Ana Marija Vego
Exercise classes
Tue 16-18

Content

Selected topics concerning rings, groups, fields, including Galois theory. The official Course Catalogue page can be found here.

date content notes
Mo 19.02. Review - Rings and fields, Isomorphism theorems for rings Lecture 0
We 21.02. Quotient field of an integral domain, Euclidean domains, Principal ideal domains Lecture 1
Mo 26.02. Prime and irreducible elements, Principal ideal domains, Unique factorisation domains Lecture 2
We 28.02. Prime and irreducible elements, Principal ideal domains, Unique factorisation domains Lecture 3
Mo 04.03. Principal ideal domains, Unique factorisation domains, Gauss lemma Lecture 4
We 06.03. Irreducibility criteria, Fields and field extentions Lecture 5
Mo 11.03. Field extentions, Kronecker's theorem Lecture 6
We 13.03. Field extentions, Algebraic extentions Lecture 7
Mo 18.03. Algebraic extentions Lecture 8
We 20.03. Transcendental numbers, Splitting fields Lecture 9
Mo 25.03. Algebraic closures Lecture 10
We 27.03. Normal extentions, Separable extentions Lecture 11
Mo 08.04. Separable extentions, Simple extentions Lecture 12
We 10.04. Finite fields, Basic definitions of Galois theory Lecture 13
We 17.04. Galois theory Lecture 14
Mo 22.04. Galois theory Lecture 15
We 24.04. Galois theory Lecture 16
Mo 29.04. Galois correspondence Lecture 17
Mo 06.05. Galois correspondence Lecture 18
We 08.05. Galois correspondence, Galois groups of polynomials, Cyclotomic extentions Lecture 19
Mo 13.05. Cyclotomic extentions, Solvability by radicals and solvable groups Lecture 20
We 15.05. Solvability by radicals and solvable groups, Fundamental theorem of algebra Lecture 21
We 22.05. Modules Lecture 22
Mo 27.05. Modules Lecture 23
We 29.05. Abelian groups, Torsion modules, Modules over PID's Lecture 24

Prerequisites

The lecture continues the Algebra I lecture from HS2023.

Exercises

The new exercises will be posted here on Fridays. We expect you to look at the problems over the weekend and to prepare questions for the exercise class on Tuesday.

Please hand in your solutions by the following Friday at 12:00 in your assistant's box in HG J68 or per email. Your solutions will usually be corrected and returned in the following exercise class or, if not collected, returned to the box in HG J68.

Office hours will take place in the weeks after a new exercise sheet is posted, on Wednesdays at 16:15-18:00 (the first one being on the 28th of February) in HG F 5. There will be no office hours on 06.03., 17.04., 01.05. and 29.05.

The learning elements offered during the semester measure active participation in the exercises. From the second week of the semester onwards, 5 single-choice exercises are completed individually at the beginning of each lesson. Each correctly answered task is worth 1 point. The number of points n achieved in the semester is converted into a grade bonus of a maximum of 0.25 grade points using the formula max(0,min(1,(n-20)/25)) times 0.25. This bonus is added to the provisional grade from the examination without rounding; the result is rounded to the final grade.

exercise sheet due by solutions single choice solutions
Exercise sheet 0 Fr 01.03. Solutions 0
Exercise sheet 1 Fr 08.03. Solutions 1 Single choice 1 Solutions Single choice 1
Exercise sheet 2 Fr 15.03. Solutions 2 Single choice 2 Solutions Single choice 2
Exercise sheet 3 Fr 22.03. Solutions 3 Single choice 3 Solutions Single choice 3
Exercise sheet 4 Fr 29.03. Solutions 4 Single choice 4 Solutions Single choice 4
Exercise sheet 5 Fr 12.04. Solutions 5 Single choice 5 Solutions Single choice 5
Exercise sheet 6 Fr 19.04. Solutions 6 Single choice 6 Solutions Single choice 6
Exercise sheet 7 Fr 26.04. Solutions 7 Single choice 7 Solutions Single choice 7
Exercise sheet 8 Fr 03.05. Solutions 8 Single choice 8 Solutions Single choice 8
Exercise sheet 9 Fr 10.05. Solutions 9 Single choice 9 Solutions Single choice 9
Exercise sheet 10 Fr 17.05. Solutions 10 Single choice 10 Solutions Single choice 10
Exercise sheet 11 Fr 24.05. Solutions 11 Single choice 11 Solutions Single choice 11
Exercise sheet 12 Fr 31.05. Solutions 12 Single choice 12 Solutions Single choice 12
Review exercise sheet no hand in Solutions Review exercise sheet Single choice 13 Solutions Single choice 13
Review Multiple choice Solutions Review Multiple choice

Exercise classes

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Tu 16-18ETZ E 7Raphael Angstenglish
Tu 16-18HG E 33.5Samuel Huberenglish
Tu 16-18HG G 26.3Janine Roshardtenglish
Tu 16-18CHN D 44Joel Sommerenglish

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