Math 3354, Section 1. Survey of Algebra.

Survey of Algebra. Math 3354, Section 1. Fall 2016

TuTh 11am-12:15 pm, Rouss 410.

Instructor: Mikhail Ershov
Office: Kerchoff 302
e-mail: ershov at virginia dot edu
Office hours: 3 hrs TBA
Course webpage: http://people.virginia.edu/~mve2x/3354_Fall2016

SYLLABUS
Assessment exam (due in class on Tue, Aug 23rd);
Questionnaire (due in class on Tue, Aug 23rd)

Link to last semester's webpage (contains preliminary versions of lecture notes)

Final info:

Final exam will be given on Monday, Dec 12, 9am-12:10pm in Rouss 410
Office hours: Friday, Dec 9, 2:30-4:30pm
Review session will be on Saturday, Dec 10, 3-5pm, Chemistry 303
Brief study guide for the final
Final from Fall 2007 (slightly modified) Solutions
Final from Spring 2015 Solutions

Second midterm info:

First midterm info:

Homework assignments

Homework #1 (due on Thu, Sep 1, in class) Solutions
Homework #2 (due on Thu, Sep 8, in class) Solutions
Homework #3 (due on Thu, Sep 15, in class) Solutions
Homework #4 (due on Thu, Sep 22, in class) Solutions
Homework #5 (due on Thu, Oct 6, in class) Solutions
Homework #6 (due on Thu, Oct 13, in class) Solutions
Homework #7 (due on Thu, Oct 20, in class) Solutions
Homework #8 (due on Thu, Oct 27, in class) Solutions
Homework #9 (due on Thu, Nov 3, in class) Solutions
Homework #10 (due on Thu, Nov 17, in class) Solutions
Homework #11 (due on Thu, Dec 1, in class) Solutions
Homework #12 Solutions

Some notes:

Below are notes from lectures where substantial changes have been made compared to online lectures from Spring 2016.

Lecture 8. Equivalence relations. Congruence classes and rings Z_n.
Lecture 9. More on the rings Z_n.
Addendum to Lecture 10. A sample computation in the octic group D_8.