Math 114. Galois Theory

Department of Mathematics
University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2009

This is an introductory course on fields and Galois theory.

The official prerequisites for taking this course are Math 110: Linear Algebra and Math 113: Introduction to Abstract Algebra.

Announcements

Lectures

Location: Evans Hall, Room 6

Times: 12:00 N–1:00 PM on Mon/Wed/Fri

Course staff

Instructor: Lek-Heng Lim
Evans Hall, Room 873
lekheng(at)math.berkeley.edu
(510) 642-8576
Office hours: 1:30–3:00 PM, Mon and 1:00–2:30 PM, Fri

Syllabus

Homework assignments

Homework will be assigned once a week and will be due the following week (except possibly in the weeks when there is a midterm). Collaborations are permitted but you will need to write up your own solutions.

Bug report on the problem sets or the solutions: lekheng(at)math.berkeley.edu

Supplementary materials

Grades

Grade composition: 40% Homework, 20% Midterm, 40% Final

Textbooks

The second book is optional. In fact, even the first book could be optional if you want to rely entirely on free stuff on the web.

Free stuff on the web

British professors (and a handful of American ones) have the admirable tradition of putting in great efforts to produce highly polished, beautifully typeset lecture notes for their students:

At one time it was the custom for beginning lecturers to spend their first couple of years producing a perfect set of lecture notes, in effect a book. For the rest of their professional lives their lectures consisted of reading these notes out at dictation speed.

Tom Körner

You should certainly take full advantage of the fruits of their labor: