Recommended for Mathematics majors and required of honors Mathematics majors. A more advanced treatment of group theory than in Math MATH 109, also including ring theory. Groups acting on sets, examples of finite groups, Sylow theorems, solvable and simple groups. Fields, rings, and ideals; polynomial rings over a field; PID and non-PID. Unique factorization domains. WIM Prerequisite: Math MATH 51 and some prior proof-writing experience. For more information on WIM guidance, please visit: https://mathematics.stanford.edu/wim-guidance.
4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WAY-FR, WIM
Recommended for Mathematics majors and required of honors Mathematics majors. A more advanced treatment of group theory than in Math 109, also including ring theory. Groups acting on sets, examples of finite groups, Sylow theorems, solvable and simple groups. Fields, rings, and ideals; polynomial rings over a field; PID and non-PID. Unique factorization domains. WIM Prerequisite: Math 51 and some prior proof-writing experience. For more information on WIM guidance, please visit: https://mathematics.stanford.edu/wim-guidance.
Offered in Autumn 2025, Spring 2026 at Stanford University.