Solution Manual for First Course in Abstract Algebra A, 8th Edition by John B. Fraleigh, Verified Chapters 1 - 56, Complete Newest Version

SOLUTION MANUAL
First Course in Abstract Algebra A
8th Edition by John B. Fraleigh
All Chapters Full Complete

, CONTENTS
1. Sets and Relations
FG FG 1

I. Groups and Subgroups F G F G




2. Introduction and Examples 4 F G F G




3. Binary Operations 7
F G




4. Isomorphic Binary Structures 9 F G F G




5. Groups 13
6. Subgroups 17
7. Cyclic Groups 21
FGF G




8. Generators and Cayley Digraphs 24 F G F G F G




II. Permutations, Cosets, and Direct Products FG FG FG FG




9. Groups of Permutations 26 FG FG




10. Orbits, Cycles, and the Alternating Groups FG FG FG FG FG




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11. Cosets and the Theorem of Lagrange
FG 34 FG FG FG FG




12. Direct Products and Finitely Generated Abelian Groups 37
F G F G F G F G F G F G




13. Plane Isometries 42
F G




III. Homomorphisms and Factor Groups F G F G F G




14. Homomorphisms 44
15. Factor Groups 49F G




16. Factor-Group Computations and Simple Groups F G F G F G F G 53
17. Group Action on a Set 58
FG FG FG FG




18. Applications of G-Sets to Counting 61 FG FG FG FG




IV. Rings and Fields F G F G




19. Rings and Fields 63
FG FG




20. Integral Domains 68 F G




21. Fermat’s and Euler’s Theorems 72 F G F G F G




22. The Field of Quotients of an Integral Domain 74
F G F G F G F G F G F G F G




23. Rings of Polynomials 76
F G F G




24. Factorization of Polynomials over a Field 79 FG FG FG FG FG




25. Noncommutative Examples 85 FG




26. Ordered Rings and Fields 87 F G F G F G




V. Ideals and Factor Rings F G F G F G




27. Homomorphisms and Factor Rings FG FG FG 89
28. Prime and Maximal Ideals
FG 94 FG FG

,29. Gröbner Bases for Ideals
FG FG FG 99

, VI. Extension Fields F G




30. Introduction to Extension Fields FG FG FG 103
31. Vector Spaces 107 F G




32. Algebraic Extensions 111 F G




33. Geometric Constructions 115 FG




34. Finite Fields 116
F G




VII. Advanced Group Theory FG FG




35. IsomorphismTheorems 117 FG




36. Series of Groups 119FG FG




37. Sylow Theorems 122
FG




38. Applications of the Sylow Theory F G F G F G F G 124
39. Free Abelian Groups 128
F G F G




40. Free Groups 130
FG




41. Group Presentations 133
F G




VIII. Groups in Topology F G F G




42. Simplicial Complexes and Homology Groups 136
F G F G F G F G




43. Computations of Homology Groups 138 FG FG FG




44. More Homology Computations and Applications
FG 140 FG FG FG




45. Homological Algebra 144 FG




IX. Factorization
46. Unique Factorization Domains 148F G F G




47. Euclidean Domains 151 F G




48. Gaussian Integers and Multiplicative Norms F G F G F G F G 154

X. Automorphisms and Galois Theory F G F G F G




49. Automorphisms of Fields 159 FG FG




50. The Isomorphism Extension Theorem
F G F G F G 164
51. Splitting Fields 165 F G




52. Separable Extensions 167 FG




53. Totally Inseparable Extensions
FG 171 FG




54. Galois Theory 173 F G




55. Illustrations of Galois Theory 176 FG FG FG




56. CyclotomicExtensions 183 FG




57. Insolvability of the Quintic 185 FG F G F G




APPENDIX Matrix Algebra FGF G F GF G 187


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