Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Education
Lecture Code CC220804 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 代数学概論演習
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ダイスウガクガイロンエンシュウ
Subject Name in
English
Practice in Introduction to Geometry
Instructor KITADAI YUKINORI
Instructor
(Katakana)
キタダイ ユキノリ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Thur1-4:EDU L104
Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
Lecture and exercise-oriented, note-taking, discussions, student presentations 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 01 : Mathematics/Statistics
Eligible Students Mainly for students of Program in Mathematics Education of Faculty of Education
Keywords Algebra, operations, semigroups, monoids, groups, symmetries, homomorphisms, homomorphism theorem
 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Basic specialized subject 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Secondary School Mathematics Education
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・To understand basic knowledge of teaching contents of mathematic education.
(Abilities and Skills)
・To acquire and utilize the ability to think mathematically about teaching contents of mathematic education such as algebra, geometry, statistics and computer. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
The objective of this course is to understand the contents about algebra in mathematics in secondary education and to learn the basics of a group structure which is an algebraic object defined abstractly only by conditions concerning algebraic operation.
 
Class Schedule Lesson 1: Find symmetries in our daily life
Lesson 2: Definitions of operations, magmas, semigroups, monoids, groups
Lesson 3: Find examples of groups
Lesson 4: Orders of groups, multiplication tables
Lesson 5: Subgroups, generators, cyclic groups, orders of elements
Lesson 6: The additive group Z and cyclic groups, homomorphisms, their kernels and images
Lesson 7: Kernels of homomorphisms and normal subgroups
Lesson 8: Congruence of integers, equivalence relations, equivalence classes, quotient sets
Lesson 9: Cosets, quotient sets
Lesson 10: Indeces, Lagrange's theorem
Lesson 11: Well-definedness, normal subgroups and quotient groups
Lesson 12: Quotient groups of integers and multiplications, multiplicative groups, primitive residue classes
Lesson 13: Fermat's little theorem, Euler's theorem
Lesson 14: Homomorphism theorem
Lesson 15: Second and third isomorphism theorem

Lesson 16: Exam

There will be several quizes and report assignments. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
No textbook.
Reference books are:
・代数入門(新装版)-- 群と加群 (数学シリーズ), 堀田良之, 裳華房, 2021年.
・代数系入門, 松坂和夫, 岩波書店, 1976年.
・代数学1 群論入門 (代数学シリーズ), 雪江明彦, 日本評論社, 2010年.
・群論, これはおもしろい -- トランプで学ぶ群 -- (数学のかんどころ 16), 飯高茂, 共立出版, 2013年. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Blackboard, handouts 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
When reviewing, let your brain and your hands move.  Make examples.  Ask questions. 
Requirements  
Grading Method exam: 70%, quizzes: 15%, reports: 15% 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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