Rings and Fields (lectures)

Emmy Noether
quadratic integers
Equivalence class
quotient ring
Date Topic Read Links
2023.01.09 Induction
2023.01.11 Peano arithmetic §1.1 notes01
2023.01.12 Well-ordering principle §1.1 problems01
2023.01.16 Negative integers §1.2
2023.01.18 Division §1.3 notes02
2023.01.19 Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic §1.4 problems02
2023.01.23 Equivalence relations §2.1
2023.01.25 Congruence §2.2 notes03
2023.01.26 Modular arithmetic §2.3–2.4 problems03
2023.01.30 Fermat's Little Theorem §2.5
2023.02.01 Rings §3.1–3.2 notes04
2023.02.02 Subrings §4.2 problems04
2023.02.06 Domains and Fields §3.3
2023.02.08 Polynomials §7.1 notes05
2023.02.09 Roots §7.2 problems05
2023.02.13 Ring homomorphisms §4.3
2023.02.15 Ideals §5.1–5.2 notes06
2023.02.16 Quotient Rings §5.3–5.4 problems06
Winter break
2023.02.27 Isomorphisms §4.4
2023.03.01 First isomorphism theorem §5.5 notes07
2023.03.01 Midterm midterm
2023.03.02 Ideals in a quotient §5.7 problems07
2023.03.06 Direct decomposition of a ring §5.6
2023.03.08 Rings of fractions §6.5 notes08
2023.03.09 Recognizing fields §13.1 problems08
2023.03.13 Prime ideals §6.1
2023.03.15 Euclidean domains §6.3 notes09
2023.03.16 Extended Euclidean algorithm problems09
2023.03.20 Principal ideal domains §6.2
2023.03.22 Unique factorization domains §6.4 notes10
2023.03.23 Non-Euclidean principal ideal domains problems10
2023.03.27 Factoring polynomials §7.3
2023.03.29 Irreduciblity Criteria §7.4 notes11
2023.03.30 Counting irreducibles §7.5 problems11
2023.04.03 Gaussian primes §10.4
2023.04.05 Sums of two squares §10.4 notes12
2023.04.06 Review problems12
2023.04.10 Extra tutorial 09:30–10:20
2023.04.25 Extra tutorial 13:00–
2023.04.26 Exam 09:00–12:00 Bartlett Gym