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MATH 120

Groups and Rings

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:WAY-FR, WIM

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.

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2 Terms
Lecture 1Open
ID: 6772
0 / 49 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday, Thursday
TIME:12 PM – 1:20 PM
LOCATION:380-380F
INSTRUCTOR:
Taylor, Richard
4units

MATH 120: Groups and Rings

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.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Lecture — Tuesday Thursday 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM — 380-380F — Taylor, Richard (Undergrad)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Lecture — Tuesday Thursday 1:30 PM – 2:50 PM — Liu, Shurui, Sommer, Rick (Undergrad)

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