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MATH268 ABSTRACT ALGEBRA II

Course Code: 2360268
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 4(3-2)
ECTS Credit: 7,5
Department: Mathematics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Rings, integral domains, fields. Subrings and ideals. Quotient rings. Ring homomorphisms. Prime and maximal ideals. Field of fractions. Principal ideal domains, Euclidean domains, Unique factorization domains. Polynomial rings: Factorization in polynomial rings, Euclidean algorithm in polynomial rings over fields. Field Extensions, extension degrees, algebraic and transcendental elements. Geometric constructions. Finite Fields.