MAS2006: Groups, Rings and Fields

This is the home page for the Groups, Rings and Fields course. It will eventually contain copies of course handouts, solutions to problems, OHP slides and useful links. Most files are in dvi format.

Course information
Problem sheet 1
Problem sheet 1: solutions
Problem sheet 2
Problem sheet 2: solutions
Problem sheet 3
Problem sheet 3: solutions
Problem sheet 4
Problem sheet 4: solutions
Problem sheet 5
Problem sheet 5: solutions
Main definitions and results (revised 2nd January 2003)
The group Sq
What is a group?
What is a subgroup?
Subgroups of finite cyclic groups
The ring axioms
2000-2001 examination
2001-2002 examination

Other links

Rotating objects using quaternions
W. Edwin Clark has a textbook Elementary Abstract Algebra available for free download. It covers virtually all the course and much more.

Robin Chapman


rjc@maths.ex.ac.uk

17th January 2003

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