This is a web page for the third year course MA377 Rings and Modules.
This is a course in abstract algebra.
The main focus of this course will be the structure theory of
finite dimensional algebras. This course follows on from Algebra II
in the sense that that course gave you the definition of a ring and some
examples. There is also a sense in which this course follows on
from the courses on Vectors and Matrices. This course develops the
concepts introduced in these courses but does not depend on the proofs.
I have set up a
forum
for this course. Anyone can join. Please do so
and contribute.
Here are some links to Wikipedia pages. These pages give you the
definitions and some of the terminology but not much more.
There is also considerable repetition.