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Week of September 24 - 26, 2003
Assignments Made on:


Monday:
  • Study: Class Notes
  • Do: Enjoy those fleeting moments of freedom, "unencumbered by the thought process*" (*Tom and Ray)
Wednesday:
  • Study: Class Notes
  • Do:
    • Work these problems. I will be adding to this document, but will alert you on this page when I do. (No doubt, I will also be correcting typos. They are a particular talent of mine.)
Friday:
  • Study:Class notes. You may also want to look at Lang, $\S I.11$, $\S III.1$ and $\S III.3$.
  • Do: The file of homework problems above has been completed. These problems are due Wednesday.
Week of September 23 to 27, 2013
Assignments Made on:
Monday
  • Study: Class notes
  • Do:
Wednesday
  • Study: Class notes
  • Do:
    1. Here is a preliminary version of assignment two.
    2. Here are some brief solutions to assignment one.
    3. I would be very, very surprised if there weren't some typos -- both on the new assignment and in the solutions. I'm happy to update the source if you let me know about them.
Friday


Week of September 30 to October 4
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Class notes
  • Do:
Wednesday:
Friday:
  • Study: Alot of what we're doing is in Lang $\S$ III.7. You should certainly look at his proof of Theorem III.7.1 as the finitely generated case is much, much easier than the general case we did in lecture. On reserve, Grove's $\S\S$ IV.2-3 are also germaine.
  • Do: Here is the complete third assignment due Wednesday (Oct 9th). (Correction made to problem 4 on Friday morning at 8:20am.)


Week of October 7 to 11, 2013
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study:
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study: We're working towards Grove's Theorems IV.3.7 and IV.3.11.
  • Do:
    1. Here are some solutions to the third homework assignment.
    2. Here is the preliminary verson of assignment four.
Friday:
  • Study: Class notes.
  • Do: The fourth assignment is complete and will be due on Wednesday the 16th.


Week of October 14 to 18, 2013
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study:
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study:
  • Do:
Friday:
  • Study: At present, the closest source for lecture material is Dummit and Foote, Chapter 12.
  • Do:
    1. Here are some rough solutions to homework assignment four
    2. Here is the midterm. It is due Friday. Watch this page for corrections.


Week of October 21 to 25, 2013
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: We're starting chapter 4 of Dummit and Foote
  • Do: The exam is due Friday. A few small typos have been fixed on Sunday, October 20.
Wednesday:
  • Study:
  • Do:
Friday:
  • Study: Still working out of Dummit and Foote. In fact, the homework is almost exclusively from Dummit and Foote.
  • Do:Here is the fifth assignment. It will be due Wednesday (the 30th). I won't promise not to add to it on Monday.


Week of October 28 to November 1, 2013
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Still working through Dummit and Foote, Chapter 4.
  • Do:
    1. Here are some solutions to the midterm. Actually, so of your solutions were tidier. I've returned your exams to your mailboxes.
    2. The assignment for Wednesday is complete (as assigned on Friday). There are no additional problems.
Wednesday:
  • Study: Finishing up Dummit and Foote's Chap 4 and spilling into Chap 5.
  • Do: Here is a preliminary version of homework six. More problems will be added during the week. Keep and eye out for updates.
Friday:
  • Study: Finished with Dummit and Foote Chap 4 and 5.
  • Do: Homework six updated on SATURDAY at 10am.


Week of November 4 - 8, 2013
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: We're starting on tensor products mostly from Dummit and Foote
  • Do: Here are some solutions to homework five.
Wednesday:
Friday:
  • Study:
  • Do: More fun with tensor products -- aka an updated version of homework seven.


Week of November 11 to 15, 2013
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Finishing up Dummit and Foote Section 10.4
  • Do:
    1. Here are some solutions for homework assignment 6.
    2. Here is the complete assignment seven: two problem addeds Monday, November 11, 2013 at 3pm. It is due FRIDAY, November 15th. This is the last assignment!
Wednesday:
  • Study:
  • Do:
Friday:
  • Study:
  • Do:


Week of November 18 and 19, 2013
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: We've finished up with parts of Dummit and Foote, Chapter 10.5
  • Do:
    1. Here are some solutions to the last homework assignment. Your corrected papers may or may not get returned before the final is due. Sorry.
    2. The final can be downloaded here. It is due by 11am on Monday, November 25, 2013. Either send me an electronic copy, or try to hand it to me. If you can't find me, please make a xerox copy.
Wednesday:
  • Study:It's all over. This course will have been a success if everyone passes the algebra portion of the prelims.
  • Do:
Friday:
  • Study:
  • Do:


Dana P. Williams
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