Information Package / Course Catalogue
Abstract Algebra III
Course Code: MAT441
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course is to give informations about field extensions and Galois theory, and to examine the fields that contains roots of polynomials and the polynomials that admit elements of field as its roots, and to improve the ability of abstract thinking and to give ability to establish relationships between this course and the other areas of mathematics.

Course Content

Field Extensions, Splitting Fiedls and Algebraic Closure, Field Isomorphisms and Extensions, Seperability, Finite Fields, Galois Theory, The Galois Group of a Polynomial, Cyclic Extensions, Cyclotomic Extensions.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Ability to prove about field extensions and to examine given extension
2.To get splitting field for a given polynomial
3.To get splitting field for a given polynomial
4.Ability to prove main theorems about Galois theory
5.Ability to solve the Galois group of a given polynomial
6.Ability to examine cyclotomic extensions and to discuss field extensions
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Cebir Dersleri (Lectures on Algebra), Halil İbrahim Karakaş, TUBA, 2008
2.Algebra, Thomas W. Hungerford, Holt,Rinehart and Winston Inc. 1974
3.Introduction to Abstract Algebra, W. Keith Nicholson, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Rings of Polynomials
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Examples of rings of polynomials
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Examples of rings of polynomials
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Field extenstions
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Theorems of field extenstions
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Split field
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Seperable polynomial, seperable element
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Seperable extension
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Field automorphisms
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
The Galois Group of a polynomial
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Normal extension
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Fixed fields
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Cyclotomic extensions
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Drawable polygons
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Term Assignment1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Assignment1112
Term Project1112
Individual Work140228
Midterm Examination124226
Final Examination134236
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
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PÇ-5
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
3
4
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
5
3
4
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
3
4
5
4
OÇ-6
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
4
5
4
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