abstract algebra

Good Books for reference:

  1. Contemporary abstract algebra (Joseph A. Gallian)

  2. Topics in Algebra (I. N. Herstein)


Syllabus for Abstract Algebra

Permutations


Combinations


Pigeon-hole principle


Inclusion-exclusion principle


Derangements


Fundamental theorem of arithmetic


Divisibility in Z


Congruences


Chinese Remainder Theorem


Euler’s Ø- function


Primitive roots


Groups


Subgroups


Normal subgroups


Quotient groups


Homomorphisms


Cyclic groups


Permutation groups


Cayley’s theorem


Class equations


Sylow theorems


Rings


Ideals


Prime and maximal ideals


Quotient rings


Unique factorization domain


Principal ideal domain


Euclidean domain


Polynomial rings and irreducibility criteria


Fields


Finite fields


Field extensions


Galois Theory



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