Syllabus/Homework

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. This page will be updated irregularly.

Date Lectures Chapter(s) in Text Brief Description Homework/
Practice Problems
June 26 Day 1, 6, 2 History of algebra, functions, binary operations
June 29 2, 3 Binary operations, definition of groups
July 1 4, 5 Properties of groups, subgroups
July 3 6, 7, 8 Functions, permutation groups
July 6 8 Permutations
July 8 9,14 Homomorphisms, Isomorphisms
July 10 9 Summary of basic groups, Cayley's Theorem
July 13 10,11 Cyclic groups, order of an element, exponent laws
July 15 12 Equivalence relations
July 17 13 Equivalence relations, and cosets
July 20 13 Lagrange's Theorem, normal subgroups
July 22 15, 16 Quotient groups, fundamental homomorphism theorem
July 24 16 Decomposition theorem for finite abelian groups
July 27 17 Group review, definition of rings and fields
July 29 18 Homomorphisms, ideals, subrings
August 1 19 Quotient rings
August 3 20 Integral Domains
August 5
August 7
August 10
August 12
August 14
August 17
August 19
August 21
August 24
August 26