25897 - Algebra 1 (2018/2019)

General information

25897 - Algebra 1 (Alg1, 9 CFU), first semester, years: 1° LT.

Course content

- Introduction to the basic notions: sets, maps, surjectiive, , injective and bijective.

- Binary operation and their properties. Equivalence relations and induced quotients.

- Cardinality: countsble and uncountable sets. Permutations. Induction. Newton binomial formula.

- The integers: Euclidean algorithm and its applications. Prime numbers and unique factorization. The integers mod n. 

- Complex numbers.

- Polinomials: with rational, real or complex coefficients. Unique factorization property for polynomials. Irreducibility criteria.  Quotients and their properties: zero-divisors, nilpotents and invertible elements.

- Introduction to algebraic structures. Abelian groups. Subgroups, homomorphisms and quotients.

Language

Italian

Teacher

Maria Evelina Rossi

Other teachers

Aldo Conca

Teaching style

In presence

Attendance

Not required