Learning objectives
<br />Demonstrate the existence of some algebraic theories also providing basic nomenclature and elementary information within a universal context.
<br />Students should also show interpretation and orientation capabilities.
Course unit content
<br />1. BASIC PRINCIPLES AND EXAMPLES. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL OPERATIONS. GROUPOIDS, SUB-GROUPOIDS, DIRECT PRODUCTS, HOMOMORPHISMS, ISOMORPHISMS. CONVOLUTIONS, POLYNOMIALS, NUMBERS (COMPLEX, DUAL, BI REAL; GAUSS WHOLE NUMBERS) AND MATRICES. BASIC THEOREMS ON HOMOMORPHISMS, CONGRUENCES, QUOTIENTS, NORMAL SUBGROUPS, IDEALS. LATERALS AND THEOREM OF LAGRANGE. POLYNOMIALS AND POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS. <br />
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2. ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS AND APPLICATIONS. LOCALISATION. DOMAINS. EUCLIDEAN DIVISION, EUCLIDEAN RINGS, MAIN IDEALS. CYCLICAL GROUPS, CHARACTERISTICS OF A RING, PRIME FIELDS. QUADRATIC DOMAINS. IRREDUCIBLE AND PRIME ELEMENTS. EXTENDED EUCLIDEAN ALGORITHM AND BEZOUT’S FORMULA. FACTORISATION THEOREM. DETAILS OF Z METHODOLOGY: SECOND DEGREE EQUATIONS. POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS THEOREM OF RUFFINI. FIELD EXTENSIONS. FIELD SIZE. ALGEBRAICALLY CLOSED FIELDS. FINITE FIELDS.
Bibliography
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