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    Algebra

    Categories

    • adjoint functors

    • natural transformations

    • products

    • representable functors

    • universal properties

    • Yoneda lemma

    Group theory

    [DuFo04, chs. 1–6].

    • alternating groups

    • Cayley’s theorem

    • Cauchy’s theorem

    • class equation

    • classification of abelian groups

    • commutators

    • conjugacy

    • cosets

    • cycle decomposition

    • cyclic groups and subgroups

    • derived series

    • dihedral groups

    • direct products

    • factor groups

    • finitely generated groups and their presentations

    • free groups

    • fundamental theorem of finitely generated abelian groups and applications

    • group actions

    • group extensions

    • Hölder program

    • homomorphisms

    • isomorphism theorems (first through fourth)

    • Jordan–Hölder theorem

    • Lagrange’s theorem

    • nilpotent groups

    • normal subgroups

    • \(p\)-groups

    • quotient groups

    • semidirect products

    • simple groups

    • simplicity of \(A_n\)

    • solvable groups

    • subgroup lattice

    • Sylow theorems

    • symmetric groups and permutation representations

    • symmetric groups and subgroups

    • transpositions

    Commutative ring theory

    [DuFo04, chs. 7–9].

    • factorization in unique factorization domains

    • bilinear pairings

    • chain conditions

    • Chinese remainder theorem

    • completion

    • construction of finite fields

    • Dedekind rings

    • duality

    • Eisenstein’s criterion

    • Euclidean domains

    • factorization in one variable

    • free and projective modules

    • Gauss’s lemma

    • Hilbert basis theorem

    • Hilbert Nullstellensatz

    • homomorphisms

    • ideals

    • integral domains

    • integral ring extensions

    • irreducibility criteria

    • isomorphism theorems

    • localization

    • maximal ideals

    • nilpotence

    • nilradicals

    • Noetherian rings

    • polynomial rings

    • prime ideals

    • principal ideal domains

    • quadratic integer rings

    • quotient rings

    • rings and subrings

    • rings of fractions

    • structure theory of modules over a PID

    • symmetric and alternating forms

    • tensor products

    • unique factorization domains

    • Zorn’s lemma

    Field theory

    [DuFo04, chs. 13–14].

    • algebraic and transcendental extensions

    • algebraic closures

    • algebraic extensions

    • computation of Galois groups of polynomials

    • cyclic extensions and Kummer theory

    • cyclotomic extensions

    • cyclotomic polynomials

    • degrees

    • existence and uniqueness of finite fields

    • field extensions

    • finite fields

    • minimal polynomials of algebraic elements

    • normal extensions

    • separable and inseparable extensions

    • separable extensions

    • solvability of polynomials by radicals

    • splitting fields

    • straightedge and compass constructions

    • transcendental extensions

    Galois theory

    • abelian extensions of \(\QQ\)

    • Galois groups of polynomials of small degree

    • discriminants

    • field automorphisms

    • fixed fields

    • fundamental theorem of algebra

    • Galois theory of finite fields

    • insolvability of the quintic

    • primitive element theorem

    • roots of polynomials of degree at most \(4\)

    • solvable and radical extensions

    • symmetric functions

    • fundamental theorem of Galois theory

    • fundamental theorem of symmetric functions

    Module theory

    [DuFo04].

    • direct sums

    • free modules

    • generation of modules

    • modules and submodules

    • modules over PIDs

    • projective modules

    • quotient modules

    • rank

    • structure theorem for finitely generated modules over a PID

    • isomorphism theorems

    Noncommutative ring theory

    • Artin–Wedderburn theorem

    • group rings

    • indecomposable modules

    • irreducible modules

    • Krull–Schmidt theorem

    • non-semisimple rings

    • semisimple rings

    Representations of groups

    • character tables

    • characters of finite groups

    • complete reducibility of representations, especially of finite groups

    • invariant inner products

    • matrix coefficients

    • parametrization of complex representations by characters

    • Peter–Weyl theorem

    • Schur orthogonality

    Real analysis

    • \(L^p\) spaces

    • approximate identities

    • Arzelà–Ascoli theorem

    • closed graph theorem

    • compact subsets of \(C(X)\)

    • convergence theorems

    • convolutions on \(\RR^n\)

    • covering lemmas

    • differentiation of measures

    • distribution functions

    • dominated convergence theorem

    • Egorov’s theorem

    • Fatou’s lemma

    • Fourier analysis

    • Fubini’s theorem

    • functional analysis

    • functions of bounded variation

    • Hahn decompositions

    • Hahn–Banach theorem

    • Hausdorff measures

    • Hilbert space

    • Hölder’s inequality

    • Jensen’s inequality

    • Jordan decomposition theorem

    • Lebesgue decomposition theorem

    • Lebesgue integration

    • linear functionals

    • linear operators

    • Lusin’s theorem

    • measure theory

    • Minkowski inequalities

    • monotone convergence theorem

    • open mapping theorem

    • orthonormal systems

    • Plancherel’s theorem

    • Poisson summation formula

    • Radon–Nikodym theorem

    • Riemann–Lebesgue lemma

    • Riesz representation theorem

    • self-adjoint linear operators and their spectra

    • signed measures

    • strong, weak, and weak-\(*\) topologies

    • Baire category theorem

    • the spaces \(C(X)\)

    • Stone–Weierstrass theorem

    • Tychonoff theorem

    • trigonometric series

    • uniform boundedness principle

    • uniform convergence

    • Urysohn’s lemma

    • weak \(L^p\) spaces

    Complex analysis

    • analytic functions

    • Casorati–Weierstrass theorem

    • Cauchy’s theorem on multiply connected domains

    • Cauchy’s theorem: Goursat’s proof

    • compact families of analytic and harmonic functions

    • conformal mappings

    • conjugate functions

    • consequences of the Cauchy integral formula, such as Liouville’s theorem

    • Dirichlet problem for a disk

    • elementary mappings

    • elliptic functions

    • exponential and logarithm functions

    • fractional linear transformations

    • harmonic functions

    • Harnack’s principle

    • Hurwitz’s theorem

    • infinite products

    • isolated singularities

    • mapping of polygons

    • mappings of finitely connected domains

    • maximum modulus principle

    • maximum principle

    • mean value property

    • Mittag-Leffler theorem

    • Möbius transformations and the spherical representation

    • Morera’s theorem

    • open mapping theorem

    • Picard’s theorem

    • Poisson integrals

    • Poisson–Jensen formula

    • reflections across analytic boundaries

    • residue theorem

    • Riemann mapping theorem

    • Rouché’s theorem

    • Schwarz lemma

    • Schwarz reflection principle

    • series and product developments

    • subharmonic functions

    • sums of power series

    • argument principle

    • Dirichlet problem

    • evaluation of definite integrals

    • hyperbolic metric

    • monodromy theorem

    • Weierstrass product theorem

    Differential topology

    Guillemin and Pollack, Differential Topology.

    • degree theory

    • Ehresmann’s theorem that proper submersions are locally trivial fibrations

    • embedding theorem

    • Euler characteristic

    • integral curves

    • manifolds

    • Sard’s theorem on the measure of critical values

    • smooth maps

    • tangent bundle

    • tangent vectors

    • Lefschetz fixed point theorem

    • transversality

    • vector bundles in general

    • vector fields

    Differential geometry

    Spivak, differential geometry.

    • de Rham cohomology

    • degree theory and Euler characteristic from the viewpoint of de Rham cohomology

    • differential forms

    • gradients

    • integrable distributions and the Frobenius theorem

    • integration and Stokes’ theorem

    • interpretation of the classical integral theorems as aspects of Stokes’ theorem for differential forms

    • Lie derivatives

    • Poincaré duality

    • Riemannian metrics

    • Mayer–Vietoris sequence

    • de Rham’s theorem \(H^*_{\text{dR}}(M)\cong H^*_{\text{sing}}(M;\RR)\)

    • Thom classes

    • volume forms

    Algebraic topology

    • axioms of homology theory

    • calculation of homology and cohomology of standard spaces

    • cell complexes and cellular homology

    • cohomology theory

    • covering spaces

    • fundamental group

    • homotopy theory

    • Mayer–Vietoris sequence

    • singular homology

    [DuFo04]
    Dummit, D. S. and R. M. Foote, Abstract Algebra, Wiley, 2004

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