Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 18.702 (Spring 2008) 
• Course Title:
• Algebra II 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mathematics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Michael Artin 
• Course Introduction:
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  18.702 Algebra II
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2008

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  18.702 Algebra II
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2008

  
  
  

  

  A disc of radius r about the four vertices of this rectangle, and a disc of radius r/2 about the three half lattice points. (Image by Prof. Artin.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This undergraduate level course follows Algebra I. Topics include group representations, rings, ideals, fields, polynomial rings, modules, factorization, integers in quadratic number fields, field extensions, and Galois theory.