Math 541: Modern Algebra
Math 541 Section 004, Fall 2020
Lectures: MWF 3:30 -4:20 pm, VV B102 until Nov 25. Online from Nov 30 to Dec 10. Update: from 9/14 until at least 9/25, class will be held online over Zoom, at the usual time. See Canvas for the meeting room ID.
Instructor: Daniel Corey, VV 321, dcorey[at]math.wisc.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1-2:30 pm, Thursday 2:30-4 pm, over Zoom (see Canvas for the meeting room ID).
Textbook: Abstract Algebra, by Dummit and Foote, Third Edition, 2004. The plan is to cover the following sections: 1.1-1.7, 2.1-2.4, 3.1-3.3, 3.5, 4.1-4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1-7.4, 7.6. Here are my Lecture Notes.
Canvas URL: https://canvas.wisc.edu/courses/223292
Piazza: All discussions outside of the classroom will take place on Piazza, accessible through Canvas.
Course assistant: Shourya Mohaniya will have office hours 7-10 pm on Fridays. These will be held over Zoom, see Canvas for the link.
Homework: All references to problems are from Dummit and Foote. Please turn in your homework on Canvas.
Homework 1: 1.3: 2, 6 (do all elements, not just those of order 4), 9a, 10 (ignore the last sentence), 12, 16, 1.4 10 (replace the phrase "subgroup of GL_2(R)" with "matrix group"), 11ab (let F=R). Due Friday, Sept 18.
Homework 2: 0.3 12, 13, 14; 1.1 8, 13, 22, 31; 1.3 4b; 1.4 11e. Due Friday, Sept 25.
Homework 3: 1.2 4; 1.5 1; 1.6 2, 4, 23; 2.1 1, 6, 15; 2.4 14. Due Friday, Oct 2.
Homework 4: 2.3 4, 11, 19; 3.1 1, 26, 32 (only the first sentence); 3.2 8, 16. Due Friday Oct 16.
Homework 5: 3.1 22, 33, 36; 3.2 4, 11; 3.3 3, 4, 9. Due Friday Oct 23.
Homework 6: 1.7 5, 15; 2.2 5, 6, 8, 12; 3.5 1 (just the first and last sentences), 9. Due Friday Oct 30.
Homework 7: 1.1 30; 4.2 2, 7; 4.3 2, 6, 13, 27, 30; 5.2 4. Due Friday Nov 6.
Homework 8: 7.1 3, 5, 14, 26, 27; 7.2 1, 3, 10. Due Friday Nov 20.
Homework 9: 7.3 6, 10, 19, 24, 29, 31, 33, 35; 7.4 12 Due Wednesday Dec 2.
Homework 10: 7.4 8, 11, 13, 15, 30, 37, 39 Due Wednesday Dec 9.
Honors Problem Set: If you are signed up to take this class with Honors, please complete the following assignment. Read sections 4.4 and 4.5 in the book and complete exercises 4.4 1, 6, 7; 4.5 3, 16, 23, 24, 30, 45. Please email your solutions to me by 8 am Dec. 15 CT (early submissions are welcome).
Midterm exam 1: Monday Oct 5, in class.
Midterm exam 2: Monday Nov 9, in class.
Final Exam:
Wednesday, Dec 16. The "official" time for the exam is 10:05am - 12:05pm. However, the exam will be take-home, open-notes, open-book, however it must be completed by yourself and without use of the internet. I will write an exam as if it were a 2-hour in-class exam, but you will have 24 hours to complete it.
I will send you the exam on Dec 15 at 12:05 pm Madison time (CT). You must send me your solutions by Dec 16 12:05 pm CT. Solutions may be either typed or handwritten, as you prefer, but please use a separate sheet of paper for each full problem.
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