Opinto-opas 2003-2004

73115 ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 1, 3 ov

Lecturer info
Professor STEPHAN FOLDES

Lectures and exercises:
Lecture hours total 42 h. Exercise hours total 28 h.

Lecture room and time
Tuesday 14 - 16, S2
Wednesday 17 - 18, S2

Weekly teaching / period

A1

A2

S1

S2

Summer

Lectures (h):

-

-

3+

3

-

Exercises (h):

-

-

2+

2

-

Content of the course
Sets, ordered sets. Semigroups, monoids, groups. Rings. Basic concepts of fields. Homomorphisms, congruences, sub-structures, quotient structures.

Requirements
Final exam plus activity points and class tests, particulars to be announced during first lecture.

Literature
S. Foldes, Fundamental Structures of Algebra & Discrete Mathematics, Wiley 1994.

Prerequisites

Number

Name

OV

P/S

73116

Mathematics for Algorithms

3

Obl.

Notes
Lectures in English. Students wishing to explore possible research or teaching involvement in the area of discrete mathematics / theoretical computer science are invited to communicate their interest. stephan.foldes@tut.fi