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Math Syllabus

This document provides the syllabus for a math course on algebra. It outlines the following key points: 1) Homework problems will be assigned each lecture and are due at the next lecture. Collaboration is encouraged but students must understand the solutions and give credit to collaborators. 2) There will be two midterm exams during the usual class hours in mid-October and late-November. 3) The final exam will be closed book and without aids. The final grade will be calculated based on the final exam and homework scores. 4) The course will cover topics like groups, rings, fields, linear algebra, and number theory over 14 weeks.

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Math Syllabus

This document provides the syllabus for a math course on algebra. It outlines the following key points: 1) Homework problems will be assigned each lecture and are due at the next lecture. Collaboration is encouraged but students must understand the solutions and give credit to collaborators. 2) There will be two midterm exams during the usual class hours in mid-October and late-November. 3) The final exam will be closed book and without aids. The final grade will be calculated based on the final exam and homework scores. 4) The course will cover topics like groups, rings, fields, linear algebra, and number theory over 14 weeks.

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Harvard Extension School Open Learning Initiative -MATH E-222 Syllabus (adapted from the Fall 2003 Syllabus)

Required text: Algebra, M. Artin (Prentice Hall 1991) Homework Problems will be assigned in each lecture, and should be submitted at the beginning of the following lecture. Collaboration between students is strongly encouraged, and must be accompanied by complete understanding of all solutions and crediting of collaborators. You should note that problem sets are a critical part of the learning process. Final exam scores tend to replicate performance on homework. Midterm exams There were two midterm exams in mid-October and late November, each during the usual class hour. Final exam and review The Final Exam will be closed book with no aids permitted. Grading The nal grade will be the maximum of the nal exam grade and 40% nal + 20% rst midterm + 20% second midterm + 20% problem sets. Prerequisites Math 21b and experience writing proofs (Math 101, 121, or equivalent). Schedule Week 1. Review of linear algebra. Groups. Examples of groups. Basic properties and constructions. Week 2. Permutations. Cosets, Z/nZ. Week 3. Quotient groups, rst isomorphism theorem. Abstract elds, abstract vectorspaces. Construction and invariants of vectorspaces. Week 4. Abstract linear operators and how to calculate with them. Properties and construction of operators. Week 5. Exam 1. Orthogonal groups. Week 6. Isometries of plane gures. Cyclic and dihedral groups. Finite and discrete subgroups of symmetry groups. Week 7. Group actions. Basic properties and constructions. Groups acting on themselves by left multiplication. Groups acting on themselves by conjugation.

Week 8. A5 and the symmetries of an icosahedron. Sylow theorems. Study of permutation groups. Week 9. Rings. Examples of rings. Basic properties and constructions. Week 10. Quotient rings, extensions of rings. Integral domains, elds of fractions. Week 11. Exam 2. Special lecture. Week 12. Euclidean domains, PIDs, UFDs. Gauss lemma. Eisensteins criterion. Algebraic integers. Week 13. Structure of ring of integers in a quadratic eld. Dedekind domains. Ideal class groups. Week 14. Wrap-up.

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