Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. This page will be updated irregularly. On the other hand, the weekly syllabus contained in the Homework assignments page will always be accurate.

WeekLecturesSections in TextTopics
19/11Chap.1Presentation of the course
9/13Chap.2Composition laws
9/15Chap.3,4Groups
29/18Chap.5Subgroups
9/20Chap.5,6Generators, functions
9/22Chap.6Functions
39/25Chap.9Isomorphisms
9/27 Cayley graphs I
9/28Quiz 1Exam practice session
9/29Chap.12Equivalence relations
410/2Chap.10 Order of group elements
10/4Chap.11Cyclic groups
10/54:30-6:30 pmMidterm Exam I
10/6Chap.7Groups of permutations
510/9Chap.8 Cayley's theorem
10/11Chap.13Cosets
10/12Quiz 2Practice session
10/13Chap.14Homomorphisms
610/16Chap.15 Quotient groups
10/18Chap.16Homomorphism theorem
10/20Cayley graphs II
710/23Graph morphisms
10/25Automorphism groups
10/264:30-6:30 pmMidterm Exam II
10/27Chap.17Rings
810/30Chap.17 Rings, Review: Groups
11/1Chap.18Ideals and homomorphisms
11/3Chap.19Quotient rings
911/6Chap.19Special ideals and quotients
11/8Chap.20Integral domains
11/91:20-2:10 pmExam: Solving the cube
11/10Chap.20Integral domains
1011/13Quiz 3 Review: Rings
11/164 pmEssay about the cube
11/1911:30-2:30 pm Final Exam