MAT355--Abstract Algebra

Course Materials:

• Syllabus

• Homework

Math Fun:

• "A Finite Simple Group (of order 2)" (you will know most of the words in this song by the end of the semester. You will also understand why I get irked at the redundancy of the title). Wanna watch a cool video about the history of (simple) groups (yes, these things exist)? Click here for info on the monster group, including an interview with John Conway.

• In class, I mentioned that there were 3-dimensional analogues of the D_{2n} groups. If you're interested...click here (not all the notation or words may make sense...YET...but they will, I promise). There's also a start of this discussion on pg. 28 #s9-13.