TAT010 Abstract Algebra, 6,8 ECTS-points
/Abstrakt algebra /

Advancement level:
C

Aim:
The course is intended to give basic skill and proficiency in the concepts and methods of abstract algebra and its applications, particularly in computer science and coding theory.

Prerequisites:
Mathematics corresponding to basic courses in discrete algebra and linear algebra.

Course organization:
The theory is dealt with in lectures with supervision in groups.

Course content:
Groups, subgroups, quotient groups, group homomorphisms, rings, ideals, ring homomorphisms, fields, extension fields. Linear codes, Hamming codes, BCH codes.

Course literature:
Nicholson, K.W: Introduction to Abstract Algebra. PWS, Boston.

TEN1Oral examination, 5 p.
UPG1Laboratory work, 0 p.
Course language is Swedish.