Academic Calendar - 2021 ARCHIVE

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2021ARCHIVE
Western Main Campus

Mathematics 3120A/B

GROUP THEORY


An introduction to the theory of groups: cyclic, dihedral, symmetric, alternating; subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphisms, cosets, Lagrange's theorem, isomorphism theorems; group actions, class equation, p-groups, Sylow theorems; direct and semidirect products, wreath products, finite abelian groups; Jordan-Hölder theorem, commutator subgroup, solvable and nilpotent groups; free groups, generators and relations.

Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 3020A/B (recommended); or Mathematics 1600A/B and one of Mathematics 1120A/B, Mathematics 2120A/B, Mathematics 2124A/B, Mathematics 2155F/G, Applied Mathematics 2811B.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY C i  
Subject Code: MATH

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