MA 437-01: Modern Algebra I
Fall 2014
Instructor:
Dr.
Lee Raney
E-Mail: lraney@una.edu
Office: Mathematics Building 126
Office Phone: (256)
765-4125
Office Hours: M-F
10:00-11:00
Class Time: MWF
11:00-11:50
Class Location: Mathematics
Building 5
Announcements
- Welcome to Modern
Algebra! All important dates and other information will be
posted here.
Important Information
Course
Syllabus
Important Dates
- Exam 1: Monday,
September 22 -- Solutions
- Exam 2: Friday,
October 31
- Final Exam: Tuesday,
December 9, 10:15-12 Noon
Handouts and Other Information
Homework Problems (Problems marked
with * are to be turned in for grading)
- Wednesday,
September 3
- Chapter 0: 1-4,
5*, 6*, 8*, 12, 13, 15*, 16, 18, 20, 21, 28*
- Monday, September
8
- Chapter 0: 30*,
34, 35, 38*, 57, 58, 59, 60*, 61, 62*, 63, 65
- Monday, September
15
- Chapter 2: 1-7,
9-11, 16*, 18, 20, 29, 32, 40, 46*, 48, 49, 51, 52*
- Monday, September
22
- Chapter 2: 8,
12-15, 19, 21-23, 25-28, 30, 31, 33, 34-36, 39, 41-45, 47,
53
- Monday, October
13
- Chapter 3: 2, 3,
5-7, 10, 12, 13-17, 20*, 21, 22*, 26*, 31, 32*, 33
- Monday, October
20
- Chapter 3: 34, 35,
37, 38, 42*, 43, 44, 45*, 46* (For the "Find an element..."
part, read Example 14 and consider D_6.), 51, 52*, 53, 62-66
- Monday, October
27
- Chapter 4: 1-9,
10*, 11, 13, 14*, 15, 19, 21, 22, 24, 30, 36*, 38, 63, 64*,
74
- Friday, October
31
- Chapter 5: 1-13,
15, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29
- Friday, November
14
- Chapter 6: 1, 3-5,
6*, 7, 8*, 9, 10*, 11, 14, 15, 16* (Hints),
20, 22
- Monday, November
24
- Chapter 6: 20, 28,
34, 52
- Chapter 7: 1-9,
11, 12*, 15, 16*, 17-19, 21, 22-28, 29* (Hint: If every element
of G has order 11, use Theorem 7.2 to obtain a contradiction),
30*
Lee Raney