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MoWeFr at 11:15 - 12:05 in LGRT Room 171
Instructor: Laura Colmenarejo (Hernando)
lcolmenarejo(_at_)umass(_dot_)edu
LGRT 1022
TA: Ellen Burton
Office Hours: Please, email me to find a good time for office hours.
Course syllabus: here
Announcements
Important dates
Midterm I: October 16th, 6-8 pm
Midterm II: November 20th, 6-8 pm
Final Exam: December 13th at 10:30 - 12:30
Textbook:
Abstract Algebra: A First Course, Dan Saracino (2nd edition, Waveland Press).
Assignments:
Assignments:
You don't need to print the assignments if you don't want. Just make sure to include your name in the assignment and to write clearly which exercises you are solving.
A 6: here due on October 23rd, 2019 solutions
A 7: here due on October 30th, 2019 (before class)
A 8: here due on November 6th, 2019 (before class)
A 9: here due on November 13th, 2019 (before class)
A 10: here due on November 20th, 2019 (before class)
A 11: here due on December 4th, 2019 (before class)
A 12: here due on December 11th, 2019 (before class)
Please, note that the solutions are no longer available here.
You can find them on Moodle.
Course Outline
Course Outline
09/04 Introduction to the course + Section 0
09/06 Section 1 + Section 2 (Def of group)
09/09 Section 2 (Examples of groups)
09/11 Section 3 (until Cancellation laws)
09/13 Section 3 + Section 4 (until Theorem 4.1)
09/16 Section 4 (until Examples in p.39)
09/18 Section 4 (finish) + Klein's 4-group and symmetric groups
09/20 Comments about assignment 1 and Class quiz
09/23 Section 5 (up to Theorem 5.2)
09/25 Section 5 (up to Theorem 5.4)
09/27 Section 5 (finish)
09/30 Section 6
10/02 Section 7 + comments about assignment 2
10/04 Comments about assignment 3 + review
10/07 Section 8 (Until Theorem 8.3)
10/09 Section 8 (Theorem 8.4)
10/11 Section 8 (Alternating group and Theorem 8.5) + Comments about assignment 4
10/15 Review Midterm I
10/16 Review Midterm I + MIDTERM I
10/18 Section 8 (finish)
10/21 Section 9 (until right cosets) + Exercises
10/23 Section 9 (finish) + Exercises
10/25 Section 10 (until Theorem 10.4)
10/28 Section 10 (finish)
10/30 Section 10 (worksheet)
11/01 Section 11 (until Theorem 11.6)
11/04 Section 11 (finish)
11/06 Section 12 (definitions and examples)
11/08 Section 12 (until Corollary 12.3)
11/13 Section 12 (finish)
11/15 Review Midterm II
11/18 Review Midterm II
11/20 Review & MIDTERM II
11/22 Section 13 (until examples page 125)
12/02 No class due to weather conditions
12/04 Section 13 (finish)
12/06 Section 14
12/09 Section 14 (finish) + Review Final Exam
12/11 Review Final Exam
12/13 FINAL EXAM
Other material for the course
Other material for the course
09/20 Class Quiz and Comments about Assignment 1
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