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MATH 731

Modern Algebra

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

Groups, fields, linear dependence, linear transformations, Galois theory.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

Terms

fall

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the theory of rings (ideals, factorization in commutative rings, localization, rings of polynomials and of power series).
  • demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the theory of modules (exact sequences, projective and injective modules, modules over principal ideal domains).
  • demonstrate an advanced level of competency in linear algebra (determinants, rational canonical form, Jordan canonical form, minimal and characteristic polynomials, eigenvalues and eigenvectors).