/learning_group_theory

All my learning about abstract algebra and Galois/K theory.

learning_group_theory

All my learning about abstract algebra, ring theory, field theory, lattice theory, module theory, category theory, Galois theory, homology, homotopy, univalent foundations, HoTT and K theory.

Concepts - group theory

groupoid - a set with some operations (usually inverse) and closed under itself

semigroup - an associative groupoid

monoid - a semigroup with an identity

group - a monoid with inverses

abelian group - a commutative group

coset - a modification of a group/subgroup (not always forms a group)

left-coset - a coset with a left-side operation for non-abelian groups

right-coset - a coset with a right-side operation for non-abelian groups

normal group - a subgroup such that all left cosets are identicals to the same right coset

trivial group - the only 2 immutable subgroups of a group -- itself and its identity

nontrivial subgroup - the same as subgroups, except itself and its identity

quotient/factor group - the set of all cosets

congruence class - a quotient group which you add two elements of distinct sets and gets another set

cyclic group - a group that has a generator (i.e, it's generated by a single element)

homomorphism - convert a group into another group

isomorphism - a bijective homomorphism

kernel - a function between homomorphisms that collects all the elements in the 1st set that results in identity on the 2nd set

order of element - is denoted by |x| = n, where x^n = 0identity)

order of group - the number of elements that is contained within the group

symmetric/permutation group - a group Sn where n is the order of the group and can be rearranged in n! ways, and has a function that allows you to choose an element by its position

dihedral group - a permutation group of regular polygons where the notation D^n is the number of sides and D^2n is the number of symmetries and is cyclic under rotations and flips

simple group - a group with only two subgroups -- itself and its identity

Concepts - ring theory

ring - an abelian group with multiplication

zero divisor - some multiplicative operation that is out of range and points to identity

unit ring - a ring with some 1-like behaviour for multiplication

integral domain - a unit ring with no zero divisors

matrix group - a group of matrices over a field with scalar multiplication

ideal - a subset that still is closed under itself. e.g: set of even numbers, since all addition, subtraction and multiplication of even numbers results in another even number

vector space - the set of vectors

Concepts - field theory

field - a ring with a multiplication inverse (division)

Concepts - module theory

module - a generalized vector space, that has a ring of scalars (and therefore it no longer reqyures multiplication inverse)

Theorems

Lagrange's theorem - says that the possibilities of subgroups is the number of all the divisors of the number of elements of the main group

Interesting things

cyclic notation

symmetric groups of triangles (AKA dihedral group of order 6)

Cayley table