Course Co-ordinator: Dr W Turner

Pre-requisite(s): MA 2004 and MA 2506

• Group axioms, subgroups, examples of groups.


• Cosets of a subgroup
• Lagrange's Theorem.


• Homomorphisms, isomorphisms, normal subgroups, quotient groups.


• Calculations in symmetric and alternating groups.


• Group actions.


• Sylow's Theorems.

2 one-hour lectures per week and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (80%); in-course assessment (20%).

Resit: 1 two-hour examination (maximum of 100% resit and 80% resit with 20% in-course assessment).
Only the marks obtained on first sitting can be used for Honours classification.