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PA O L O A L U F F I
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Contents
Introduction page ix
Before we Begin xiii
Part I Rings 1
1 The Integers 3
1.1 The Well-Ordering Principle and Induction 3
1.2 ‘Division with Remainder’ in Z 6
1.3 Greatest Common Divisors 7
1.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic 12
Exercises 20
2 Modular Arithmetic 22
2.1 Equivalence Relations and Quotients 22
2.2 Congruence mod n 23
2.3 Algebra in Z/nZ 26
2.4 Properties of the Operations +, · on Z/nZ 29
2.5 Fermat’s Little Theorem, and the RSA Encryption System 34
Exercises 39
3 Rings 41
3.1 Definition and Examples 41
3.2 Basic Properties 47
3.3 Special Types of Rings 51
Exercises 57
11 Groups—Preliminaries 229
11.1 Groups and their Category 229
11.2 Why Groups? Actions of a Group 235
11.3 Cyclic, Dihedral, Symmetric, Free Groups 241
11.4 Canonical Decomposition, Normality, and Quotients 253
11.5 Isomorphism Theorems 260
Exercises 264
The book could be used for a group-first approach, provided that the audience is ‘ma-
ture’ enough to cope right away with the higher level of abstraction of groups, and that
the instructor is willing to occasionally interpolate references to previous chapters. In
fact, the reliance of the chapters on groups in Part III on material developed in previous
chapters is minimal, and mostly contextual (with the exception of a treatment of cyclic
groups, which is carried out in Part II). However, the writing in Part III is naturally
terser and puts more demands on the reader; so, again, this is not recommended for a
naı̈ve audience. Part IV deals with fields, and here the audience is certainly expected to
be comfortable handling abstract concepts, perhaps at the level of a Master’s student. I
would definitely not recommend a ‘fields-first’ approach in an introduction to algebra.
More than 50 years ago, Atiyah and Macdonald wrote in their Introduction to Com-
mutative Algebra: “. . . following the modern trend, we put more emphasis on mod-
ules and localization.” Apparently, what was the ‘modern trend’ in 1970 has not really
percolated yet to the standard teaching of an introductory course in algebra in 2020,
since it seems that most standard textbooks at this level omit the subject of modules
altogether. In this book, modules are presented as equal partners with other standard
topics—groups, rings, fields. After all, most readers will have had some exposure to
linear algebra, and therefore will be familiar to some extent with vector spaces; and
they will emerge from studying rings with a good understanding of ideals and quotient
rings. These are all good examples of modules, and the opportunity to make the reader
familiar with this more encompassing notion should not be missed.
The opportunity to emphasize modules was in itself sufficient motivation to write this
book. I believe that readers will be more likely to encounter modules, complexes, exact
sequences, introduced here in §9.2, in their future studies than many other seemingly
more standard traditional topics covered in introductory algebra books (and also covered
in this text, of course).
Having made this choice, it is natural to view abelian groups as particular cases of
modules, and the classification theorem for finitely generated abelian groups is given as
a particular case of the analogous results for finitely generated modules over Euclidean
domains (proved in full). Groups are presented as generalizations of abelian groups;
this goes counter to the prevailing habit of presenting abelian groups as particular cases
of groups. After treating groups, the text covers the standard basic material on field
extensions, including a proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory.
On the whole, the progression rings–modules–abelian groups–groups–fields simply
seems to me the most natural in a first approach to algebra directed at an audience
without previous exposure to the subject. While it is possible to follow a different pro-
gression (e.g., start with groups and/or avoid modules) I would have to demand more of
my audience in order to carry that out successfully.
I could defend the same conclusion concerning categories. My graduate(-leaning) al-
gebra textbook1 has somehow acquired the reputation of ‘using categories’. It would be
more accurate to state that I did not go out of my way to avoid using the basic language
1 Algebra: Chapter 0. Graduate Studies in Mathematics, No. 104. American Mathematical Society,
Providence, RI.
Introduction xi
of categories in that textbook. For this textbook, aimed at a more naı̈ve audience, I have
resolved to steer away from direct use of the language. I have even refrained from giving
the definition of a category! On the other hand, the material itself practically demands a
few mentions of the concept—again, if one does not go out of one’s way to avoid such
mentions. It is possible, but harder, to do without them. It seemed particularly inevitable
to point out that many of the constructions examined in the book satisfy universal prop-
erties, and in the exercises the reader is encouraged to flesh out this observation for
some standard examples, such as kernels or (co)products. My hope is that the reader
will emerge from reading these notes with a natural predisposition for absorbing the
more sophisticated language of categories whenever the opportunity arises.
The main prerequisite for this text is a general level of familiarity with the basic
language of naive set theory. For the convenience of the reader, a quick summary of
the relevant concepts and notions is included in the Appendix A, with the emphasis
on equivalence relations and partitions. I describe in some detail a decomposition of
set-functions that provides a template for the various ‘isomorphism theorems’ encoun-
tered in the book. However, this appendix is absolutely not required in order to read
the book; it is only provided for the convenience of the reader who may be somewhat
rusty on standard set-theoretic operations and logic, and who may benefit from being
reminded of the various typical ‘methods of proof’. There are no references to the ap-
pendix from the main body of the text, other than a suggestion to review (if necessary)
the all-important notions of equivalence relations and partitions. As stressed above, the
text begins very gently, and I believe that the motivated reader with a minimum of back-
ground can understand it without difficulty.
It is also advisable that readers have been exposed to a little linear algebra, partic-
ularly to benefit the most from examples involving, e.g., matrices. This is not strictly
necessary; linear algebra is not used in any substantial way in the development of the
material. The linear algebra needed in Part II is developed from scratch. In fact, one
subproduct of covering modules in some detail in this text should be that readers will be
better equipped to understand linear algebra more thoroughly in their future encounters
with that subject.
Appendix B includes extensive solutions to about one-third of the exercises listed at
the end of each chapter; these solved problems are marked with the symbol . These are
all (and only) the problems quoted directly from the text. In the text, the reader may be
asked to provide details for parts of a proof, or construct an example, or verify a claim
made in a remark, and so on. Readers should take the time to perform these activities
on their own, and the appendix will give an opportunity to compare their work with my
own ‘solution’. I believe this can be very useful, particularly to readers who may not
have easy access to an alternative source to discuss the material developed in this book.
In any case, the appendix provides a sizeable amount of material that complements the
main text, and which instructors may choose to cover or not cover, or assign as extra
reading (after students have attempted to work it out on their own, of course!).
xii Introduction
How to use this book? I cover the material in this book in the order it is written,
in a two-semester sequence in abstract algebra at the undergraduate level at Florida
State University. Instructors who, like me, have the luxury of being able to spend two
semesters on this material are advised to do the same. One semester will suffice for the
first part, on rings; and some time will be left to begin discussing modules. The second
semester will complete modules and cover groups and fields.
Of course, other ways to navigate the content of this book are possible. By design,
the material on groups has no hard references back to Chapter 6, 7, or 9. Therefore, if
only one semester is available, one could plan on covering the core material on rings
(Chapters 1–5), modules (Chapter 8), and groups (Chapter 11). It will be necessary to
also borrow some material from Chapter 10, such as the definition and basic features
of cyclic groups, as these are referenced within Chapter 11. This roadmap should leave
enough time to cover parts of Chapter 12 (more advanced material on groups) or Chap-
ter 13 (basic material on field extensions), at the discretion of the instructor.
The pedagogical advantages of the rings-first approach have been championed in
Hungerford’s excellent undergraduate-level algebra text, which I have successfully used
several times for my courses. Readers who are familiar with Hungerford’s book will
detect an imprint of it in this book, particularly in the first several sections and in the
choice of many exercises.
Thanks are due to the students taking my courses, for feedback as I was finding this
particular way of telling this particular story. I also thank Ettore Aldrovandi for spot-
ting a number of large and small errors in an earlier version of these notes, and several
anonymous reviewers for very constructive comments. I thank Sarah Lewis for the ex-
cellent copyediting work, and Kaitlin Leach and Amy Mower at Cambridge University
Press for expertly guiding the book from acquisition through production. Lastly, thanks
are due to the University of Toronto and to Caltech, whose hospitality was instrumental
in bringing this text into the present form.
Before we Begin
Dear reader: This book introduces you to the subject of abstract algebra, and specifi-
cally the study of certain structures—rings, modules, groups, and fields—which are the
basic pillars of abstract algebra. While learning this material, you are not the end-user
of a set of tools (as a calculus student may be); rather, you are taking a guided tour
through the factory that produces those tools, and you are expected to learn how the
tools themselves are put together. Your attention should be directed towards the deep
reasons that make things work the way they do. These reasons are encapsulated in the
various statements we will encounter, and these statements will deal with the precise
definitions we will introduce. Your focus will be on understanding these definitions,
these statements, and why the statements are true.
Unavoidably, in the main text I must assume that you have reached a certain level
of ‘mathematical maturity’ and can read and write proofs, follow and construct logi-
cal arguments, and are familiar with the basic language of naive set theory. If you do
not have this background, or if it dates too far back, you will want to spend some time
perusing Appendix A, which attempts to cover these preliminary notions in a concise
fashion. In any case, I have written the first several sections of the main text with par-
ticular abundance of details and explanations; a minimum level of familiarity with the
way the notation is used should suffice in order to understand the material in these early
sections, and the practice acquired in the process should be helpful in reading the later
chapters, where the writing is necessarily more terse and your task is altogether more
demanding.
The book includes a large number of exercises. They were also chosen so as to be
more straightforward in earlier sections and gradually increase in complexity as the text
progresses. Many exercises (marked with the symbol in the lists given at the end of
each chapter) are quoted from within the text: these may ask you to complete a proof,
or to fill in the details of an example, or to verify a claim made in a remark, and so
on. While reading a mathematical text, it is very common to have to stop and carry
out such verifications; indeed, this is an integral part of the process of understanding
mathematics. My hope is that these exercises will help you gain this healthy habit.
Appendix B includes the solutions to all these exercises. Comparing your work to my
solution will hopefully provide you with useful feedback. Of course you shouldn’t look
up the solution to an exercise until you have given it your best shot; and you are warmly
encouraged to try and solve every exercise in the book, whether a solution is provided
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