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Algebra 2 - NMAI076
Title: Algebra 2
Guaranteed by: Department of Algebra (32-KA)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2024
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 4
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: https://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~kompatscher/teaching/algebra2.html
Guarantor: Michael Kompatscher, Ph.D.
doc. Liran Shaul, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Michael Kompatscher, Ph.D.
Class: Informatika Bc.
Classification: Mathematics > Algebra
Co-requisite : NMAI062
Incompatibility : NMAI063
Interchangeability : NMAI063, NMAX063
Is incompatible with: NMAI063
Is interchangeable with: NMAI063
Annotation -
The second part of course in basic algebra is concerned with divisibilty in commmutative domains, extensions of fields and basic properties of the notion variety.
Last update: Žemlička Jan, doc. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (08.06.2022)
Course completion requirements

To pass the practicals and get "Zápočet", one needs to obtain a minimal amount of points in three written homework assignments.

Last update: Kompatscher Michael, Ph.D. (19.02.2024)
Literature -

The course will follow the lecture notes of David Stanovsky, an English translation will be uploaded throughout the semester on Michael Kompatscher's website https://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~kompatscher/teaching/alg1_cz.pdf.

Other resources:

S. Lang. Algebra, 3rd ed. New York 2002, Springer.

S. MacLane, G. Birkhoff. Algebra 3rd ed, Providence 1999, AMS Chelsea publishing company.

Stanley N. Burris, H.P. Sankappanavar. A Course in Universal Algebra, The Millenium Edition, Waterloo 2012. URL: https://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~snburris/htdocs/ualg.html

Last update: Žemlička Jan, doc. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (07.02.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

The course is ended by a written test containing 5 questions (students will have 120 minutes of time standardly, which can be extended if a student needs more time).

Last update: Žemlička Jan, doc. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (07.02.2025)
Syllabus -

1. Homomorphisms (group homomorphism, quotient groups, ring homomorphisms, ideals, classification of finite fields)

2. Number fields (ring and field extensions, algebraic elements, and finite degree extensions)

3. Algorithms in polynomial arithmetic (fast polynomial multiplication and division, decomposition)

4. Further algebraic structures (lattices and Boolean algebras)

Last update: Kompatscher Michael, Ph.D. (07.02.2023)
Entry requirements

The material covered in Algebra 1, and basic knowledge of linear algebra.

Last update: Kompatscher Michael, Ph.D. (07.02.2023)
 
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