Office hours:
Wednesday 1:30-2:20pm in 365 Altgeld
Lectures:
Section F 09:00AM - 09:50AM MWF 1022 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling
Prerequisites: Officially either honors section of math 416 or some other linear algebra course together with an honors section of MATH 347. In practice, fluency in reading and writing proofs. In any case consent of the department is required.
Text:
For about 3/4 of the class I will be using Prof. Eugene Lerman's lecture notes, which roughly follow
Introduction to Abstract algebra by W. Keith Nicholson. Any edition is fine since I won't be assigning homework out of the text. Unfortunately, this book has gotten very expensive.
Another option is Algebra: Abstract and Concrete (edition 2.6) by Goodman, available free of charge
here.
For the last 1/4 of the class I will follow Charles Rezk's notes (linked below).
Canvas site: https://canvas.illinois.edu. You can check your grades or find solutions to homeworks and exams here.
Grades: Your course grade is determined by the following:
Homework:
Mathematics (and problem solving in general) is a collaborative discipline. You are strongly encouraged to work together on homework assignments. However, you must write-up the solution on your own and in your own words. Anything else is plagiarism and will be treated as such.
Homework is typically due on Friday. Please submit your homework via Canvas; this should be a single pdf file and you should use an app designed for this purpose (e.g., Adobe Scan).
Late homework is not accepted for any reason.
However to compensate for this, your two lowest homework grades will be dropped.
Exams: There will be two in-class midterm exams and a final exam.
Exam 1: October 4.
Exam 2: November 1.
Final Exam: 8:00am-11:00am., Monday Dec. 11.
Academic Integrity: Cheating and other forms of academic dishonesty are taken very seriously. Any violation of the Illinois Academic Integrity Policy will result in a significant penalty.
Accommodations: To obtain disability-related accommodations, students should contact both me and the Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) as soon as possible.
Check back regularly; lecture notes, assignments, and other files will be added throughout the semester. The schedule of topics may change as the semester progresses.