McGill University
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Higher Algebra I
189-570A
Detailed Syllabus
- Sept. 1-Sept 3:
Overview of the course. Group Theory.
- Sept 6-Sept 10: Group Theory. Proof of the Sylow theorems.
- Sept 13-Sept 17: Rings and fields.
- Sept 20-Sept 24: Rings and fields. Galois theory.
- Sept 27-Oct 1: Galois Theory.
- Oct 4-Oct 8: Galois Theory.
- Oct 11-Oct 15: Galois Theory.
- Oct 18-Oct 22: Galois Theory.
- Oct 25-Oct 29 : Galois Theory.
- Nov 1-Nov 5: Linear algebra.
Representation theory.
- Nov 8-Nov 12:
Representation theory.
- Nov 15-Nov 19:
Representation theory.
- Nov 22-Nov 26:
Representation theory.
- Nov 29-Dec 3:
Representation theory.
Review of the material.