Holy Cross Mathematics and Computer Science
MATH 351 -- Abstract Algebra I, Fall 2007
Syllabus and Schedule
Information and Announcements
- The final exam for this course will be given at 8:30am on Wednesday, December 12, in
our regular class room.
- Final Exam review sheet
- Review session for final exam is Monday evening, December 10, 7:00pm - 9:00pm in
Swords 359.
- Review sheets for midterms
Examples, Solutions, Class Notes, Etc.
Assignments
- Problem Set guidelines
- Problem Set 1 -- From Hungerford: Section 3.1/8,9,11,16;
Section 3.2/1,2,8,10,12,18,19,31,32. Due: Friday, 9/7.
- Discussion 1 (.pdf) write-ups due: Monday, 9/10.
- Problem Set 2 -- Section 3.3/4,5,10,17,19 and 3.1/18,24,27,28,29;
Section 4.1/5ac, 14, 17, 18; Section 4.2/ 5b, 14, 15. Due: Friday, 9/14.
- Problem Set 3 -- Section 4.3/5,6,14,16,20,21,22,23;
Section 4.4/4,5,8ef,9,12,13,16,18,19,24. Due: Friday, 9/21.
- Problem Set 4 -- Section 4.5/ 1e,3,4a,5,6,12,13,14. Due: Friday, 9/28.
- Problem Set 5 -- Section 5.1/3,4,5,7,8;
Section 5.2/1, 3, 6, 14; Section 5.3/1,2,5,9,10. Due: Friday, October 12.
- Problem Set 6 -- Section 6.1/2,6,7,12,13,14,21,23,24,38,39,40;
Section 6.2/2,3,6,8,28,29; Due: Friday, October 19.
- Discussion 2 (.pdf) write-ups will be due, together
with Problem Set 7 below on Friday, October 26.
- Problem Set 7 -- Section 6.3/3,4,5,6,11,12,13,17.
Due: Friday, October 26.
- Problem Set 8 -- Section 7.2/9,10,16,22,25,30,
Extra Credit: 35; Section 7.3/6,7,15,16,20,21,30;
Section 7.4/3,5,10,11,13,18. Due: Friday, November 2.
- Problem Set 9 -- Section 7.5/5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,19,24;
Section 7.6/5,8,16,17,22,23. Due: Friday, November 9.
- Problem Set 10 (the final problem set of the semester)
-- Section 7.7/4,5,6,8,9,15,16,23;
Section 7.8/6,10,15,16,17;
Section 7.9/3,4,5,23,24,25.
Section 8.1/5,6,7,9.
Due: Friday, November 30.
- Discussion 3 (.pdf) write-ups
due on Monday, December 3.
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