BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI- HYDERABAD CAMPUS

INSTRUCTION DIVISION, FIRST SEMESTER 2014-2015

Course Handout (Part II)

Dated: 11/05/2015
In addition to part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) this portion
gives further specific details regarding the course.
Course No.
Course Title
Instructor-in-charge
Instructor

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MATH F215
Algebra I
V. V. AWASTHI
V. V. Awasthi

1. Scope and Objective of the Course:

The objective of this course is to teach the importance of fundamental algebraic structures
in modern mathematics and to relate the general results so obtained to concrete
applications.
2. Text Book: I.N. Herstein, Topics in Algebra, 2nd ed., John Wiley, 1975.
3. Reference Book:
1. Joseph A. Gallian, Contemporary abstract algebra, Seventh edition,
2. John B. Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 3rd Ed., Narosa
3. Dummit & Foote, Abstract Algebra, Wiley, Third edition.
4. Jacobson H., Basic Algebra I, Feemass HPC, 1982.
4. Course Plan:
Topic
Group Theory
Definition & Examples of Groups, Preliminary Lemmas
Subgroups, A counting Principle
Normal Subgroups & Quotient Groups
Homomorphisms, Automorphisms, Cayleys Theorem
Permutation Groups, Another counting principle
Sylows Theorems
Ring Theory
Definition & Examples of Rings, Ring of real quaternions
Homomorphism & Examples
Ideals & Quotient Rings
Field of Quotients of ID
Polynomial Rings, Polynomials over the Rational field
Unique Factorization Domain
Euclidean Rings
A Particular Euclidean Ring

No. of Lectures

Ref.to Textbook

4
3
3
4
4
4

2.1- 2.3
2.4, 2.5
2.6
2.7-2.9
2.10, 2.11
2.12

2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2

3.1, 3.2
3.3
3.4, 3.5
3.6
3.9, 3.10
3.11
3.7
3.8

6. Evaluation Scheme:
EC
No.
1.
2.
3.

4.

Evaluation
Component
Test I
Test II
Assignments

Compre. Exam.

Duration

Weightage

1 Hr.
1 Hr.

20%
20%
20%

3 Hrs.

40%

Date & Time

Nature of
Component
15/09, 11:30-12:30PM Closed Book
06/11, 11:30-12:30PM Closed Book
Will be announced in
Take
the classroom
home/Open
Book
10/12 FN
Closed Book

7. Chamber Consultation Hour: To be announced in the class.

8. Notices: Notices for this course will be displayed on the Notice Board of
Department of Mathematics and will be uploaded to CMS.
9. Only for the students who are hospitalized due to the serious illness and are unable to get
up from the bed. But they have to inform me through any source before the evaluation
component. No makeup for quizzes.

Instructor-in-charge
MATH F215