MATH 329 - Algebra II

3 units (fi 6)(SECOND, 3-0-0)

Field extensions, separable and normal extensions; finite Galois theory, solvable groups and equations, constructions by ruler and compass, solutions by radicals. Time permitting, some of the following topics may be covered: Factorial rings and principal ideal domains, Noetherian rings and modules, Hilbert basis theorem. Prerequisite: MATH 327. Note: Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 326 and 329.