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

Aug 28 Page 54: 3, 5, 12, 24

Sept 2 Page 67: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 18, 28, 29, 35

Sept 4 Page 69: Hand in 28, 29. Page 82: 1-4

Sept 9 Page 82: 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 19, 21, 45, 46, 52, 53, 63. Hand in 52, 53

Sept 16 Page 112: 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22

Sept 23 TEST 1

Sept 30 Page 132: 1,2,3,4,5,7,10,14,23

Oct 2 Page 132: 22, 30,32. **Prove that Aut (Z_10) is cyclic Page 148: 1,2,5,7 Hand in ** and *Show U(10) is isomorphic to Z_4.

Oct 7 Page 148: 8,9,10,13,14,15,20 Hand in 9,10,14,15

Oct 14 Page 148: 20-26

Oct 16 Page 191: 1,2,4,7,10,12,18,25,27, 37

Oct 21 Page 191: 27, 37, 38, 40, 43, 44