Math 431 - Tentative Schedule

  Lecture     Date     Section     Notes     Homework  
1 8/27   Overview of course  
2 8/29 0   Integers & Induction
3 9/1 0   Equivalence Relations & Functions  
4 9/3 1   Introduction to Groups
5 9/5 2   Binary Operations
6 9/8 3   Isomorphic Binary Structures
7 9/10 4   Groups
8 9/12 4   Groups     Homework 1 Due    
9 9/15 5   Subgroups
10 9/17 6   Cyclic Groups
11 9/19 6   Cyclic Groups
12 9/22   Review
13 9/24 Midterm 1
14 9/26 8   Groups of Permutations
15 9/29 8   Groups of Permutations
16 10/1 9   Orbits, Cycles, and the Alternating Groups  
17 10/3 9   Orbits, Cycles, and the Alternating Groups  
18 10/6 9   Orbits, Cycles, and the Alternating Groups
19 10/8 10   Cosets and the Theorem of Lagrange
20 10/10 10   Cosets and the Theorem of Lagrange   Homework 2 Due
21 10/13 11   Direct Products and Finitely Generated Abelian Groups  
22 10/15 11   Direct Products and Finitely Generated Abelian Groups
23 10/17 13   Homomorphisms
24 10/22 13   Homomorphisms
25 10/24 14   Products of Sets & Coset Multiplication Homework 3 Due
26 10/27   Review
27 10/29 Midterm 2
28 10/31 14   Factor Groups
29 11/3 15   Factor Group Computations
30 11/5 16   Group Actions
31 11/7 18   Rings and Fields
32 11/10 19   Integral Domains
33 11/12 20   Fermat's and Euler's Theorems
34 11/14 20   Fermat's and Euler's Theorems Homework 4 Due
35 11/17   Review
36 11/19 Midterm 3
37 11/21 26   Homomorphisms and Factor Rings
38 11/24 27   Prime and Maximal Ideals
39 12/1 23   TBA
40 12/3 23   TBA
41 12/5   TBA
42 12/8   The Big Picture Homework 5 Due