Math 31 - Fall 2011
Dartmouth College
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| Date | Day | Topic | Homework | Important Events |
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| 21-Sept | Wednesday | Survey, syllabus, intro to reading math | Read Sections 0 and 1. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Thursday | |
| 23-Sept | Friday | Section 1, Sets and Binary Relations | Homework 1 Due Friday, Sept 30 | |
| 26-Sept | Monday | Symmetric Groups | Quiz 1 | |
| 27-Sept | Tuesday | What is a good proof? | ||
| 28-Sept | Wednesday | Section 2, Groups | ||
| 30-Sept | Friday | Section 3, Fundamental Theorems | Read Section 4, up to Theorem 4.4. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Sunday
Homework 2 Due Friday, Oct 7 |
Homework 1 Due |
| 3-Oct | Monday | Section 4, Euclidean Algorithm | Read the rest of Section 4. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Tuesday | Quiz 2 |
| 4-Oct | Tuesday | Number Theory! | ||
| 5-Oct | Wednesday | Section 4, Cyclic Groups | Read Section 5. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Thursday | |
| 7-Oct | Friday | Section 5: Subgroups | Homework 3 Due Friday, Oct 14 | Homework 2 Due |
| 10-Oct | Monday | Section 5, take 2 | Read Section 6. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Tuesday | Quiz 3 |
| 11-Oct | Tuesday | Logic and Proofwriting | ||
| 12-Oct | Wednesday | Section 6, Direct Products; Additive vs Multiplicative Notation | ||
| 14-Oct | Friday | Section 7, Functions | Review Sections 0-7. Post any lingering questions or confusion on Blackboard by 10 PM Sunday
Homework 4 Due Monday, Oct 24 |
Homework 3 Due |
| 17-Oct | Monday | Review Sections 0-7 | Read Section 8. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Monday | Quiz 4 |
| 18-Oct | Tuesday | Section 8, The Symmetric Group | Read Section 12. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Tuesday | |
| 19-Oct | Wednesday | Section 12, Homomorphisms | ||
| 21-Oct | Friday | Section 12, Continued | Study for Midterm!
Homework 5 Due Friday, October 28 |
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| 24-Oct | Monday | Cosets | Read Section 9. Post a comment on Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Monday | Quiz 5
Homework 4 due |
| 25-Oct | Tuesday | Section 9, Cosets and Equivalence Relations | Homework 4 solutions | |
| 26-Oct | Wednesday | Create rubric for presentations | ||
| 28-Oct | Friday | Midterm Exam | Take-home Midterm handed out; Homework 5 Due | |
| Halloween | Monday | Cool Theorems/Tying Up Loose Ends | ||
| 1-Nov | Tuesday | Office Hours | Read Section 11. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Tuesday | |
| 2-Nov | Wednesday | Section 11, Normal Subgroups | Midterm due today | |
| 4-Nov | Friday | Finish Section 11; Start Section 13, Homomorphisms and Normal Subgroups | Read Section 13. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Sunday
Homework 6 Due Friday, November 11 |
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| 7-Nov | Monday | Section 13 | Quiz 6 | |
| 8-Nov | Tuesday | Presentations | ||
| 9-Nov | Wednesday | More Section 13 | Read Section 14, pages 133-137 (*NOT* the proof of Corollary 14.6!). Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 AM Friday | |
| 11-Nov | Friday | Section 14, Fundamental Theorem of Finite Abelian Groups |
Read Section 16. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Sunday
Homework 7 Due Friday, Nov 18 |
Homework 6 Due |
| 14-Nov | Monday | Section 16, Rings | Read Section 17. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Tuesday | Quiz 7 |
| 15-Nov | Tuesday | Presentations | ||
| 16-Nov | Wednesday | Section 17, Subrings | ||
| 18-Nov | Friday | Section 18, Ring Homomorphisms | Homework 7 Due | |
| 21-Nov | Monday | Section 18 |
Homework 8 Due Wednesday, Nov 30
Review Section 17. Post a comment on Blackboard by 10 PM Sunday, November 27 |
Quiz 8 |
| 22-Nov | Tuesday | Presentations | ||
| 23-Nov | Wednesday | No Class | Thanksgiving Vacation | |
| 25-Nov | Friday | No Class | Thanksgiving Vacation | |
| 28-Nov | Monday | Finish Section 17; Review Rings | ||
| 29-Nov | Tuesday | Presentations | ||
| 30-Nov | Wednesday | Finish Sections 17 and 18 | Last Day of Class; Homework 8 Due | |
| 3-Dec | Saturday | 8:00 AM | Final Exam
in Kemeny 007 |