Math 503: Algebra I

Information Page, Spring 2013



The proof of Theorem 2.16 in Milne's book is not correct. You can find a correct proof of this result and a nice discussion of Coxeter groups here.


Here is a nice account of the proof of simplicity of special linear groups.
Midterm and Midterm, part 2 (take home).

Assignements

Here are some old informal notes

  1. Basic concepts of Group Theory pdf
  2. Examples of Groups pdf
  3. More about Symmetric Groups pdf
  4. Group Actions or Permutation Representations pdf
  5. Applications of Sylow's Theorem pdf
  6. Constructions of Groups pdf
  7. Normal and Subnormal Series pdf
  8. Background from set theory pdf