List of abstract algebra topics

List of abstract algebra topics

Abstract algebra is the subject area of mathematics that studies algebraic structures, such as groups, rings, fields, modules, vector spaces, and algebras. The phrase abstract algebra was coined at the turn of the 20th century to distinguish this area from what was normally referred to as algebra, the study of the rules for manipulating formulae and algebraic expressions involving unknowns and real or complex numbers, often now called elementary algebra. The distinction is rarely made in more recent writings.

Basic language
Algebraic structures are defined primarily as sets with operations. Algebraic structure Subobjects: subgroup, subring, subalgebra, submodule etc Binary operation Closure of an operation Associative property Distributive property Commutative property Unary operator Additive inverse, multiplicative inverse, inverse element Identity element Cancellation property Finitary operation Arity Structure preserving maps called homomorphisms are vital in the study of algebraic objects. Homomorphisms Kernels and cokernels Image and coimage Epimorphisms and monomorphisms Isomorphisms Isomorphism theorems There are several basic ways to combine algebraic objects of the same type to produce a third object of the same type. These constructions are used throughout algebra. Direct sum Direct limit Direct product Inverse limit Quotient objects: quotient group, quotient ring, quotient module etc. Tensor product Advanced concepts: Category theory Category of groups Category of abelian groups

List of abstract algebra topics Category of rings Category of modules Morita equivalence, Morita duality Category of vector spaces Homological algebra Filtration (algebra) Exact sequence Functor Zorn's lemma

Semigroups and monoids

Semigroup Subsemigroup Free semigroup Green's relations KrohnRhodes theory

Transformation semigroup Monoid Aperiodic monoid Monoid (category theory)

Group theory
Structure Group (mathematics) Elementary group theory Lagrange's theorem (group theory) Subgroup Coset Normal subgroup Characteristic subgroup Centralizer and normalizer subgroups Derived group Frattini subgroup Fitting subgroup Classification of finite simple groups Sylow theorems Local analysis Constructions Free group Presentation of a group Word problem for groups Quotient group Extension problem Direct sum, direct product

List of abstract algebra topics Semidirect product Wreath product Types Simple group Finite group Abelian group Torsion subgroup Free abelian group Finitely generated abelian group Rank of an abelian group Cyclic group Locally cyclic group Solvable group Composition series Nilpotent group Divisible group Dedekind group, Hamiltonian group Examples Examples of groups Permutation group Symmetric group Alternating group p-group List of small groups Klein four-group Quaternion group Dihedral group Dicyclic group Automorphism group Point group

Applications Group action Conjugacy class Inner automorphism Conjugate closure Stabilizer subgroup Orbit (group theory) Orbit-stabilizer theorem Cayley's theorem Burnside's lemma Burnside's problem Loop group Fundamental group

List of abstract algebra topics

Ring theory
General Ring (mathematics) Commutative algebra, Commutative ring Ring theory, Noncommutative ring Algebra over a field

Non-associative algebra Relatives to rings: Semiring, Nearring, Rig (algebra) Structure Subring, Subalgebra Center (algebra) Ring ideal Principal ideal Ideal quotient Maximal ideal, minimal ideal Primitive ideal, prime ideal, semiprime ideal

Radical of an ideal Jacobson radical Socle of a ring unit (ring theory), Idempotent, Nilpotent, Zero divisor Characteristic (algebra) Ring homomorphism, Algebra homomorphism Ring epimorphism Ring monomorphism Ring isomorphism

SkolemNoether theorem Graded algebra Morita equivalence Brauer group Constructions Direct sum of rings, Product of rings Quotient ring Matrix ring Endomorphism ring Polynomial ring Formal power series Monoid ring, Group ring, Group algebra Localization of a ring Tensor algebra

Symmetric algebra, Exterior algebra, Clifford algebra Free algebra Completion (ring theory) Types Field (mathematics), Division ring, division algebra

List of abstract algebra topics Simple ring, Central simple algebra, Semisimple ring, Semisimple algebra Primitive ring, Semiprimitive ring Prime ring, Semiprime ring, Reduced ring Integral domain, Domain (ring theory) Field of fractions, Integral closure Euclidean domain, Principal ideal domain, Unique factorization domain, Dedekind domain, Prfer domain Von Neumann regular ring Quasi-Frobenius ring Hereditary ring, Semihereditary ring Local ring, Semi-local ring Discrete valuation ring Regular local ring CohenMacaulay ring Gorenstein ring Artinian ring, Noetherian ring Perfect ring, semiperfect ring Baer ring, Rickart ring

Lie ring, Lie algebra Ideal (Lie algebra) Jordan algebra Differential algebra Banach algebra Examples Rational number, Real number, Complex number, Quaternions, Octonions Hurwitz quaternion Gaussian integer Theorems and applications Algebraic geometry Hilbert's Nullstellensatz Hilbert's basis theorem HopkinsLevitzki theorem Krull's principal ideal theorem Levitzky's theorem Galois theory AbelRuffini theorem Artin-Wedderburn theorem Jacobson density theorem Wedderburn's little theorem LaskerNoether theorem

List of abstract algebra topics

Field theory
Basic concepts Field (mathematics) Subfield (mathematics) Multiplicative group Primitive element (field theory) Field extension Algebraic extension Splitting field Algebraically closed field Algebraic element Algebraic closure Separable extension Separable polynomial Normal extension Galois extension Abelian extension Transcendence degree Field norm Field trace Conjugate element (field theory) Tensor product of fields

Types Algebraic number field Global field Local field Finite field Symmetric function Formally real field Real closed field

Applications Galois theory Galois group Inverse Galois problem Kummer theory

List of abstract algebra topics

Module theory
General Module (mathematics) Bimodule Annihilator (ring theory) Structure Submodule Pure submodule Module homomorphism Essential submodule Superfluous submodule Singular submodule Socle of a module Radical of a module Constructions Free module Quotient module Direct sum, Direct product of modules Direct limit, Inverse limit Localization of a module Completion (ring theory)

Types Simple module, Semisimple module Indecomposable module Artinian module, Noetherian module Homological types: Projective module Projective cover Swan's theorem QuillenSuslin theorem Injective module Injective hull Flat module Flat cover Coherent module Finitely-generated module Finitely-presented module Finitely related module Algebraically compact module Reflexive module

Concepts and theorems Composition series Length of a module Structure theorem for finitely generated modules over a principal ideal domain

List of abstract algebra topics Homological dimension Projective dimension Injective dimension Flat dimension Global dimension Weak global dimension Cohomological dimension Krull dimension Regular sequence (algebra), depth (algebra) Fitting lemma Schur's lemma Nakayama's lemma KrullSchmidt theorem Steinitz exchange lemma Jordan-Holder Theorem ArtinRees lemma Schanuel's lemma Progenerator

Morita equivalence

Representation theory
Representation theory Algebra representation Group representation Lie algebra representation Maschke's theorem Schur's lemma Equivariant map Affine representation Projective representation Modular representation theory Quiver (mathematics) Representation theory of Hopf algebras

Non-associative systems
General Associative property, Associator Magma (algebra) Loop (algebra), Quasigroup Nonassociative ring, Non-associative algebra Universal enveloping algebra Lie algebra (see also list of Lie group topics and list of representation theory topics) Jordan algebra Alternative algebra Power associativity

List of abstract algebra topics Flexible algebra Examples CayleyDickson construction Octonions Sedenions Virasoro algebra

Generalities
Algebraic structure Universal algebra Variety (universal algebra) Congruence relation Free object Generating set (universal algebra) Clone (algebra) Kernel of a function Kernel (algebra) Isomorphism class Isomorphism theorem Fundamental theorem on homomorphisms Universal property Filtration (mathematics) Category theory Monoidal category Groupoid Group object Coalgebra Bialgebra Hopf algebra Magma object Torsion (algebra)

Computer algebra
Symbolic mathematics Finite field arithmetic Grbner basis Buchberger's algorithm

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