2nd Edition

The Separable Galois Theory of Commutative Rings

By Andy R. Magid Copyright 2014
184 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

184 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

The Separable Galois Theory of Commutative Rings, Second Edition provides a complete and self-contained account of the Galois theory of commutative rings from the viewpoint of categorical classification theorems and using solely the techniques of commutative algebra. Along with updating nearly every result and explanation, this edition contains a new chapter on the theory of separable algebras.... Read more

Separability
Separable fields
Separable rings
Separable schemes
Separable polynomials
Module projective algebras

Idempotents and Profinite Spaces
Boolean algebras and idempotents
Profinite spaces
Covering spaces
Profinite group actions
Rings of functions

The Boolean Spectrum
Pierce’s representation
Topology of the Boolean spectrum
The sheaf on the Boolean spectrum
Boolean spectra and rings of functions

Galois Theory over a Connected Base
Separable, strongly separable, locally strongly separable
Separably closed and separable closure
Separability idempotents
Infinite and locally weakly Galois extensions
Galois correspondence

Separable Closure and the Fundamental Groupoid
Componential strong separability
Separable closure
Correspondence for separably closed
Categorical correspondence

Categorical Galois Theory and the Galois Correspondence
Subobjects, equivalence relations, and quotients
Splitting extensions and categorical correspondences

Index

Bibliographic notes appear at the end of each chapter.

Biography

Andy R. Magid

"This book provides a complete and self-contained account of the Galois theory of commutative rings …"
—Nikolay I. Kryuchkov, Zentralblatt MATH 1298