Course detail

General Algebra

FSI-SOA Acad. year: 2022/2023 Summer semester

The course will familiarise students with basics of modern algebra. We will describe general properties of universal algebras and study, in more detail, individual algebraic structures, i.e., groupoids, semigroups, monoids, groups, rings and fields. Particular emphasis will be placerd on groups, rings (especially the ring of polynomials), integral domains and finite (Galois) fields.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with the basics of general algebra. It will help them to realize numerous mathematical connections and therefore to understand different mathematical branches. The course will provide students also with useful tools for various applications.

Prerequisites

The students are supposed to be acquainted with the fundamentals of linear algebra taught in the first semester of the bachelor's study programme.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the general algebrta. Exercises are focused on practical understanding of the topics presented in lectures by means of examples and also on getting acquainted with algebraic software.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and passed a written test. The exam has a written and an oral part. The written part tests student's ability to deal with various problems using the knowledge and skills acquired in the course. In the oral part, the student has to prove that he or she has mastered the related theory.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide students with the fundamentals of modern algebra, i.e., with the usual algebraic structures and their properties. These structures often occur in various applications and it is therefore necessary for the students to have a good knowledge of them.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Since the attendance at seminars is required, it will be checked systematically by the teacher supervising the seminar. If a student misses a seminar, an excused absence can be compensated for via make-up topics of exercises.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B-MAI-P: Mathematical Engineering, Bachelor's, compulsory

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NADE: Application Development, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NBIO: Bioinformatics and Biocomputing, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NCPS: Cyberphysical Systems, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NEMB: Embedded Systems, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NGRI: Computer Graphics and Interaction, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NHPC: High Performance Computing, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NIDE: Intelligent Devices, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NISD: Information Systems and Databases, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NISY: Intelligent Systems, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NMAL: Machine Learning, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NMAT: Mathematical Methods, compulsory

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NNET: Computer Networks, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NSEC: Cybersecurity, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NSEN: Software Engineering, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NSPE: Sound, Speech and Natural Language Processing, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NVER: Software Verification and Testing, elective

Programme MITAI: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Master's
specialization NVIZ: Computer Vision, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Operations and laws, the concept of a universal algebra
2. Some important types of algebras, basics of the group theory
3. Subalgebras, decomposition of a group (by a subgroup)
4. Homomorphisms and isomorphisms
5. Congruences and quotient algebras
6. Congruences on groups and rings
7. Direct products of algebras
8. Ring of polynomials
9.Integral domains and divisibility, Gauss rings
10. Rings of principal ideals, Euclidean rings
11.Divisibility fields of integral domains, minimal fields
12.Root fields and field extensions
13.Decomposition and Galois fields

Exercise

22 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Operations and laws, the concept of a universal algebra
2. Some important types of algebras, basics of the group theory
3. Subalgebras, decomposition of a group (by a subgroup)
4. Homomorphisms and isomorphisms
5. Congruences and quotient algebras
6. Congruences on groups and rings
7. Direct products of algebras
8. Ring of polynomials
9.Integral domains and divisibility, Gauss rings
10. Rings of principal ideals, Euclidean rings
11.Divisibility fields of integral domains, minimal fields
12.Root fields and field extensions
13.Decomposition and Galois fields

Computer-assisted exercise

4 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Using software Maple for solving problems of general algebry
2. Using software Mathematica for solving problems of general algebra