Math7751, Algebra I, Fall 2009

Tu Th 11am-12:15pm, Kerchof 317

• Instructor: Mikhail Ershov
• Office: Kerchof 302
• Office hours: Tu 2:45-4, Wed 1-2:15 and by APPOINTMENT

• SYLLABUS
• Linear algebra assessment test

Some class notes:

• Lecture 16. Free groups I
• Lecture 24. Irreducibility in polynomial rings
• Addendum to Lecutre 25. Counting irreducible polynomials
• Lecture 26. Completions of rings
• Lecture 27. l-adic integers
• Lecture 29. Affine algebraic sets etc.

Homework assignments:

• Homework #1 (due on Thursday, September 3rd).
• Homework #2 (due on Thursday, September 10th).
• Homework #3 (due on Thursday, September 17th).
• Homework #4 (due on Thursday, September 24th).
• Homework #5 (due on Friday, October 9th).
• Homework #6 (due on Thursday, October 15th).
• Homework #7 (due on Thursday, October 22nd).
• Homework #8 (due on Thursday, October 29nd).
• Homework #9 (due on Thursday, November 12th).
• Homework #10 (due on Thursday, November 19th/ Tuesday, November 24th).
• New Year Homework (optional)