MCS-314 Reading Assignments

Date:  Chapter: Topic:  Problems for discussion
 Feb 7  18  Irreducibiles, primes  
 Feb 9  18  UFD  18:  11, 16
 Feb 12  18  ED  Example 6
 Feb 14  19  ED/Vector spaces  22, 24, 31
 Feb 16  19  Vector spaces  
 Feb 19  20   Extension fields  Ch 17: 30, 31
 Feb 21  20  Splitting fields, p285 Example 2  Ch 20: 3
 Feb 23  20  F(a)  ~ F[x]/<p(x)>, basis for F(a)  
 Feb 26  20   zeroes of irreducible polynomial  
 Feb 28  20/21  perfect fields, characterization of extensions  
 Mar 2  21  characterization of extensions  
 Mar 5  21  finite extensions  
 Mar 7  21  algebraic extensions  
 Mar 9  21  Primative Element Theorem  
 Mar 12  22   Classification of Finite Fields  
 Mar 14  22  Structure of Finite Fields  
 Mar 16  22  Subfields of a Finite Field  
 Mar 19  22/23  Geometric Constructions  
 Mar 21  23  Constructions  1,2,3,4 
 Mar 23  23  Angle tresectors and cube doublers   
 Apr 2  32  pp554-559 Automorphisms and fixed fields  
 Apr 4  32  Examples 3,4,5 Discussion on top of p. 559   
 Apr 6  32  Discussion on top of p. 559,  Ch 21 #20  
 Apr 9  H 274, 292-298  Normal and separable extensions  
 Apr 11  H 345-348  Gal(K/F) for algebraic extensions   
 Apr 18  H 348-351  permuting roots, fixed fields are intermed. fields  
 Apr 20  H 353-355  Galois correspondence  is surjective   
 Apr 23  H 355-356  When is Galois correspondence injective?   
 Apr 25  H 356-359  Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory   
 Apr 27  H 356-359  FTGT and examples   
 Apr 30    Galois group of x4-2  
 May 2    More examples of Galois groups of polynomials  
 May 4  Gallian p561-3  Solvability by radicals, solvable groups   
 May 7  Gallian 564-7  Solvable by Radical => solvable group, quintic   
 May 9  Ch 24  Sylow Theorems   
 May 11  Ch 24  Sylow Theorems  
 May 14  Ch 24  Sylow Theorems  
 May 16  Last Day      

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