Title: College Algebra with Applications
Instructor: Professor Joel M. Cohen
Office: MTH 2313, Telephone: (301)405-5109
Home phone: (202)546-1823.
Class Time: MWF 11:00 am-11:50 am
Location: Math 0307
Book: Contemporary Abstract Algebra, sixth
edition, by Joseph Gallian, 2005, Houghton Mifflin , ISBN: 0-618-51471-6
Web Program supplement: There is an useful set of software
programs that will help with some of the homework problems. It can be
found at
http://www.d.umn.edu/%7Ejgallian/msproject06/project_xukai.html
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Office Hours: . Occasionally, it may be necessary to change this time, so let me know if you are planning to see me. Feel free to make an appointment for a different time if you cannot see me during those hours. You can also send me email. I will answer queries as quickly as possible during office hours, and as time permits otherwise.
This is the more theoretical of the two
upper-level undergraduate abstract algebra courses at the University of
Maryland, and is designed for students planning graduate work in
mathematics. It will
cover the basics of groups, rings, integral domains and fields.
Makeup exams will not
be given. If you have an excused absence for an exam, the
grade will be replaced by 1/2 of the average of the other two exam
grades. If you have taken all three exams, the lowest grade
will count for half. Excused absences will be given only for
valid medical reasons, University business, or appearances in
court. Excused homework or quizzes will not be used in computing
the final grade. Make-up quizzes will not be given.
Any unexcused absences on quizzes or exams or unexcused late homework
will be counted as 0, including the final exam. Any student with
a valid reason to be excused from an exam must contact me prior to
the exam, either by email or by phone, and present documentation at
the next class session attended. If you need to be excused
for a religious observance, you should let me know as soon as
possible, but in any case no later than the end of the schedule
adjustment period.
Homework: Homework problems from the text are listed
below. Homework will be due each class and will be on
everything covered up to the end of the previous class.
Requested problems will be discussed in class.
Grading: A total of 550 points is available in the course:
| Three hour exams (100 points, lowest counts half) | 250 | |
| Final | 200 | |
| Homework/Quizzes | 100 | |
| Total | 550 |
Quality: The quality of presentation of solutions will be
taken seriously in this course in the grading of tests and quizzes.
The schedule of exams follows:
| Thursday, February 22 | Test I |
| Thursday, March 29 |
Test II |
| Tuesday May 8 |
Test III |
| Saturday, May 12 (8:00-10:00 am) | Final |
A tentative schedule of homework follows.
| Page | Problems | |
| Chapter 0 | 23 | 4,8,11,12,14,22,29,46,48 |
| Chapter 1 | 37 | 1,2,3,13 |
| Chapter 2 | 53 | 1,2,3,4,9,16,33 |
| Chapter 3 | 67 | 1,2,3,5,10,23,29,45 |
| Chapter 4 | 82 |
1,2,3,5,13,27,38,46,57 |
| Chapter 5 | 112 | 1,3,5,8,17,18,25,36,49 |
| Chapter 6 | 132 | 1,2,7,11,24,31 |
| Chapter 7 | 148 | 2,6,10,12,17,21,28,34,43, |
| Chapter 8 | 165 | 1,2,8,15,25,38,52 |
| Chapter 9 | 191 | 1,10,12,27,32,35,37,44,48,53,54,62,67 |
| Chapter 10 | 210 | 1,6,12,13,18,26,35*,36*,42,53 |
| Chapter 11 | 225 | 1,2,3,4,6,11,15,20,30 |
| Chapter 12 | 240 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,17,18,25,39,42 |
| Chapter 13 | 254 | 2,5,17,20,24,31,42,52 |
| Chapter 16 | 298 | 3,11,17,27,32,42 |
| Chapter 17 | 315 | 1,3,4,14,25,32 |
| Chapter 18 | 333 | 1,7,9,13,21,34 |
| Chapter 20 | 365 | 2,7,13,27 |
| Chapter 21 | 377 | 8, 16, 24 |
| Chapter 22 | 388 | 1,7,12,25,30 |
| Chapter 23 | 394 | 1,2,3,4,7,11,13,18,20 |
§ Changes in the program are possible. The Math 403 WEB PAGE (http://www.math.umd.edu/~jmc/403.html) will be kept up-to-date as changes are made.
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