Department of Mathematics
Stony Brook University
office: Math Tower 5-111
phone: (631) 632-8287
e-mail: leon.takhtajan@stonybrook.edu
The course will cover the basics of abstract algebra and is the first course in the 2-semester sequence (Algebra I, Algebra II). The lectures and homework assignments will be posted on the detailed weekly schedule. The homework problems will vary from routine to rather challenging. The use of online resources for solving the homework problems is prohibited. The schedule will be regularly updated and it is necessary to check it each week. The grades, solutions of selected homework problems and solutions to the midterm will be posted on the Blackboard. Students are expected to attend class regularly and to keep up with the material presented in the lecture and the assigned reading.
TuTh 10:00am-11:20am, Earth & Space 183
Leon
Takhtajan
Office hours: TuTh 2:00pm-3:30pm in Math Tower 5-111.
Lisa
Marquand
Office: Math Tower 5-125B
Office hours: M 10:00am-12:00am in MLC and W 11:30am-12:30pm in Math Tower
5-125B.
David S. Dummitt and Richard M. Foote, Abstract algebra, 3rd ed. available at the University Bookstore @ Stony Brook or from amazon.com. Please be aware that there is a number of misprints in the book; you can find the errata here.
Additional references:
There will be weekly homeworks, two midterms, and the final exam,
scheduled as follows:
Your final grade will
be determined by the following scheme:
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