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Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THEORY OF GROUPS MAT4461 0 + 0 3.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
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Goals Get knowledge about basic isomorphism theorems, simple groups and their characterizations, to construct a new group, divisible groups, group decompositions, free groups and finitely generated free abelian groups, direct and semi-direct product of groups, inner automorphisms, outer automorphisms, characteristic subgroups, normalizations, series, composition series, normal and subnormal series, finite groups, maximal subgroups, minimal subgroups, solvable subgroups, super solvable subgroups, Frattini subgroups, nilpotent groups.
Course Content Basic isomorphism theorems, Simple groups, Characterizations of simple groups, To construct a new group, Divisible groups, Group decompositions, Free groups, Finitely generated free abelian groups, direct product of groups, semi-direct product of groups, inner and outer automorphisms, composion series, normal and subnormal series, Nilpotent groups
Learning Outcomes 1) Knows basic isomorphism theorems for groups
2) Determine whether given groups are isomorphic by using basic isomorphism theorems.
3) Construct semi-direct product of groups and find out relation these groups and direct product of these groups.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Basic isomorphism theorems Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
2. Week Simple groups Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
3. Week Characterizations of simple groups Lecture; Discussion

Brain Based Learning
Homework
4. Week To construct new groups Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
5. Week Divisible groups Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
6. Week Group decompositions Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
7. Week Mid-term exam

8. Week Free groups-Finitely generated free abelian groups Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
9. Week direct product of groups Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
10. Week semi-direct product of groups Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
11. Week inner and outer automorphisms Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
12. Week composition series Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
13. Week normal and subnormal series Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework
14. Week nilpotent groups Lecture; Problem Solving

Brain Based Learning
Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
A.Arıkan ve S.Halıcıoğlu,Soyut Matematik,Palme Yayınevi,2013.
D. S. Malik, J. M. Mordeson and M. K. Sen, Fundamentals of Abstract Algebra, Mc Graw Hill, 1997.
T. W. Hungerford, Algebra, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 6
Midterm Exam 1 1.5
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 14
Final Exam 1 1.5
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 30
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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