Abstract Algebra Essentials

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Abstract Algebra (Math 113) - Revision Sheet

1. 📌 Essentials

  • Algebraic structures: sets with operations satisfying specific axioms (groups, rings, fields).
  • Prime number: only divisible by 1 and itself.
  • Group: set with an associative binary operation, identity, and inverses.
  • Ring: set with addition and multiplication, distributive, with identity.
  • Field: commutative ring with multiplicative invers for non-zero elements.
  • Congruence mod m: a ≡ b mod m m | (a−b); forms residue classes.
  • Cayley's theorem: any group G embeds into a symmetric group Σ(G).
  • Normal subgroup: invariant under conjugation; allows quotient groups.
  • Simple group: no non-trivial normal subgroups; building block of finite groups.
  • Galois extension: normal + separable; automorphisms fixing base field.

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1. What is the primary focus of abstract algebra as introduced in the course?

2. Which property is essential for a subset H of a group G to be considered a normal subgroup?

3. Under what condition does the residue class ring Z/mZ form a field?

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Equivalence relation — properties?

Reflexive, symmetric, transitive

Abstract algebra — study?

Structures like groups, rings, fields

Galois extension — characteristics?

Normal and separable extension

Prime number — definition?

Only divisible by 1 and itself.

Group — key properties?

Associative, identity, inverses.

Ring — structure features?

Addition, multiplication, distributive.

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