Math 100A

Modern Algebra, Math 100A
(Fall 2011)

"Mathematics is the search for beauty and truth at the same time."
-- Bertrand Russell --

Recent announcements:

I will be teaching 100B in Winter and Alina Bucur will be teaching 104B.
Final exam solutions are posted.
For those who have misplaced their midterm sheets, here they are:
Test 1 Test 2
45 Final exam scores: Med=90, Mean=93
148 142 141 139 138 134 126 123 120 118 115 113 112 112 111 111 110 108 97 97 97 95 90 90 88 88 87 84 81 80 80 78 77 76 73 71 70 63 61 60 56 56 50 27 9
45 Test 2 scores: Med=50, Mean=51 (Revised after adjustments and drops)
97 94 83 78 73 72 72 72 61 61 61 59 56 56 55
54 54 54 54 52 51 50 50 50 50 50 49 48 46 43 43 43 43 40 38 37
34 33 32 32 32 31 27 25
10
51 Test 1 scores: Med=65, Mean=62
96 94 91 90 90 88 88 86 84 79 79 79 78 77 75 75
73 71 71 71 68 66 65 65 65 65 65 63 63 61 61 54 52 52 51 51
47 47 47 46 42 42 42 40 39 38 34 30 28
21 13

Homework Assigned homework problems

Weekly homework (hw) is due by Wednesday noon. It may be turned in at the TA's hw box or at Tuesday's Section. The hw box is on the sixth floor of APM and has the names Brandon Meredith and Ron Evans on it. The first hw set is due by Wednesday noon, October 5. Write neatly, preferably no more than one problem per page, with pages stapled in order. Feel free to collaborate on hw, but write up your own solutions. Copying hw of others is not permitted.

Instructor/TA information:

Professor: Ron Evans
- Email: revans@ucsd.edu
- Lecture: MWF 11:00 - 11:50 am in Peterson 102
- Office Hours: MWF 2:30 - 3:30 pm in APM 7414 or by appt.
Teaching Assistant: Brandon Meredith
- Email: mmeredit@math.ucsd.edu
- Office Hours: MF 3:00 - 4:50 pm in APM 6343
- Sections:
  - A01 (719781) Tuesday 3:00 - 3:50 pm in APM B412
  - A02 (719782) Tuesday 4:00 - 4:50 pm in APM B412

Exams:

Test 1: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 11 to 11:50 am in Peterson 102.
Test 2: Monday, November 21, 2011 from 11 to 11:50 am in Peterson 102.
Final Exam: Tuesday, December 6, 2011, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm in Peterson 102.

All exams are closed book. Do your own work on exams--academic dishonesty is taken very seriously.
You must have bluebooks for all exams, including the final.

Solutions to Test 1 Solutions to Test 2 Solutions to Final

Grading:

22% Homework
22% Test 1
22% Test 2
34% Final exam

Text:

Abstract Algebra, 3rd edition, by Beachy and Blair

This quarter is devoted to Group Theory.
Accordingly we will cover parts of Chapters 1 and 2, and most of Chapters 3 and 7.

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Modern Algebra, Math 100A (Fall 2011)