Math 310 Introduction to Abstract Algebra, Fall 2007

Time:
Office hours:
Syllabus:
Newton's Law:
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TTR 12:30–1:45 PM, Ferguson 112
Wednesday 1:00–3:00 PM, or by appointment, AvH 305
Updated August 28
How not to write a proof
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Grades

There will be homework assignments, quizzes, two mid-term exam, and one comprehensive final exam. Grades are posted at My.UNL (Blackboard); they all count towards the final grade with points as follows:
Homework:
Quizzes:
Midterms:
Final:
50 points
100 points
200 (=2 x 100) points
200 points

Homework

Week Assigned problems Due date Supplementary problems
28 Aug. Ch. 2A: E13 30 Aug. Ch. 2A: E1, E4, E8, E12, E13, E14
30 Aug. – 6 Sept. Ch. 3A: E11, Ch. 3B: E3 11 Sept. Ch. 3A: E2, E5, E9--E13, Ch. 3B: E3--E5
11 & 13 Sept. Ch. 3C: E8(iii), Ch. 4B: E17 20 Sept. Ch. 3C: E5--E10, E13--E16, Ch. 4A: E4
18 & 20 Sept. Ch. 4B: E34, Ch. 4C: E3 27 Sept. Ch. 4B: E3--E5, E8, E19, E32, E33
25 & 27 Sept. Ch. 5A: E5(ii), Ch. 5B: E5 4 Oct. Everything in 5A and 5B
2nd & 4th Oct. Ch. 6D: E4, E5 16th Oct. Everything in 6A to 6D
16th & 18th Oct. Ch. 6E: E8(ii) 25th Oct. Everything in 6E
25th Oct. Ch. 8A:E14, Ch. 8B:E9 1st Nov. Everything in 8A, Ch. 8B: E1--E5
30th Oct. & 1st Nov. Ch. 9A:E14, E16 13th Nov. Everything in Ch. 9A
20th Nov. Ch. 12A:E10, E11 29th Nov. Ch. 12A: E9, E13
27th & 29th Nov. Ch. 12B:E5, Ch. 14:E9 6th Dec. Read Ch. 14 and solve E7, E8

Handouts

Practice problems for first midterm
First midterm
Second midterm

Links

Wikipedia about Evariste Galois (see p. 86)
Try The Rabin Primality Test (see p. 29)
The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (see p. 20) GIMPS Home Page
The sieve of Eratosthenes (see p. 19) A Java implementation
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