Fall 2021 - MATH 817 G100
Groups and Rings (4)
Class Number: 2562
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Imin Chen
ichen@sfu.ca
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A survey of graduate group and/or ring theory. Possible topics include generators and relations, composition series, Sylow theory, permutation groups, abelian groups, p-groups, nilpotent and solvable groups, aspects of simple groups, representation theory, group algebras, chain conditions, Jacobson radical, Chevalley-Jacobson density theorem, Wedderburn-Artin theorems.
COURSE DETAILS:
Prerequisites: MATH 340 and MATH 341 or their equivalents.
This course will be a survey of group and ring theory leading up to and including representation theory.
- Group actions, Sylow theorems and p-groups
- Permutation groups, New groups from old
- Solvable and nilpotent groups
- Operator groups and unique decompositions
- Module theory without rings
- Rings, ideals, and modules
- Simple modules and primitive rings
- Artinian rings and projective modules
- An introduction to character theory
- Burnside's theorem
- Representation theory of GL_2 over a finite field
- Representation theory of S_n
- Additional topics
Grading
- 6 assignments - every 2 weeks with equal weighting 60%
- Take-home Exam 40%
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
Algebra: A Graduate Course, I.
Martin Isaacs
American Mathematical Society, 2009
ISBN: 978-0821847992
Representation Theory: A First Course
W. Fulton and J. Harris
Springer, 2004
ISBN: 978-0387975276
Graduate Studies Notes:
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Registrar Notes:
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TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2021
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