| Unit name | Group Theory |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MATH33300 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Rickard |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Level 1 Pure Mathematics |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Mathematics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Groups are one of the main building blocks in mathematics. They form the basis of all rings, fields and vector spaces, and many objects studied in analysis and topology have a group-theoretic structure. Also, physicists use groups to describe properties of the fundamental particles of matter. Pure mathematicians use them to study symmetry properties of geometric figures, in problems concerning permutations, to classify sets of objects like points of algebraic curves, and to study collections of matrices as well as in many other uses. The unit will cover the basic parts of the subject and study finite groups in some detail.
