Math 100B

Modern Algebra, Math 100B
(Winter 2012)

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

Recent announcements:

36 Final Exam scores: Median = 94 and Mean = 88

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40 Midterm #2 scores: Median and Mean both = 52

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40 Midterm #1 scores: Median score = 60

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Homework Assigned homework problems

Weekly homework (hw) is due by Wednesday noon. It may be turned in at the TA's hw box, at Tuesday's Section, or at Wednesday's Lecture. The hw box is located in the basement of APM, to the left of the main elevators, and has the names Alexander Young and Ron Evans on it. The first hw set is due by Wednesday noon, January 18, 2012. 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 HSS 1128A.
Office Hours: MWF 2:30 - 3:30 pm in APM 7414 or by appt.

Teaching Assistant: Alexander Young
Email: aayoung@math.ucsd.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, 2 - 4 pm in AP&M 6321.

Section:
A01 (735154) Tuesday 12:00 - 12:50 pm in APM B412

Exams:

Test 1: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, from 11 to 11:50 am in HSS 1128A.
Test 2: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, from 11 to 11:50 am in HSS 1128A.
Final Exam: Monday, March 19, 2012, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm in HSS 1128A.

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.

Test 1 Test 2

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 Rings and Fields.
Accordingly we will cover much of Chapters 4-6.

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Modern Algebra, Math 100B (Winter 2012)