General information.

Course: Algebra 4 points
Code: 5B1450
Season: Spring 1996
Time: Wed. 15.15-17 and Fri. 15.15-16
Place: Room 3733, Lindstedsvägen 25
First lecture: Wed. Jan. 24.
Lecturer: Dan Laksov
Language: Norwegian
Book: Abstract algebra. Theory and Application
Author: T.W. Judson
Editor: PWS Publishing Company, Boston (1993)
Homework: Homework every week.
Exam:

 Written exam May 20. Time: 8.00-13.00. Room: F21.
Homework will count 50%.
Grades: 3, 4, 5.
Information: http://www.math.kth.se/~laksov

Course description.

The course will treat the main concepts of algebra, that is, groups rings, ideals and fields. Special emphasis will be put on those part of algebra that are crucial in applications, like cryptology, coding theory, and symmetries for crystals. During the course we will prove some of the famous impossibilities of classical mathematics, like the impossibility of trisecting the angle, doubling the cube, and squaring the circle with ruler and compass.

Dan Laksov

Last updated May 16, 96.

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