MA 407: Modern Algebra 

Class Information:

 

 

 

Syllabus for MA  _407___  section _001___ , FALL, 2008

Instructor: Stitzinger

 

A. GRADING:

There will be three tests and a final exam. Each will count 20%.
Homework will count 20%.



B. TOPICS:

Introduction to groups:  2 weeks

Cyclic groups:  1 week

Permutation groups:  1 week

Cosets and Lagrange's theorem:  2 weeks

Normal subgroups, factor groups, homomorphisms:  3 weeks

Introduction to rings:  1 week

Integral domains and fields:  2 weeks

Polynomial rings:  2 weeks

 

C. HOMEWORK

Aug 21 Page 37: 1-9

Aug 26 Page 52: 1, 11, 17, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26. Hand in 26