Algebraic Structures

This course is intended as an introduction to modern abstract algebra and the way of algebraic thinking in advanced mathematics. The course focuses on basic algebraic concepts which arise in various areas of advanced mathematics, and emphasizes on the underlying algebraic structures which are common to various concrete mathematical examples. Topics include: groups, rings, fields, polynomial rings, Boolean algebras; Permutation group, coset and factor group, normal subgroup, isomorphism theorems.