Stony Brook University
MAT 312/AMS 351 -- Applied Algebra -- Spring 2009

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* Syllabus and Homework

Schedule, Syllabus and Homework for Spring 2009

Sections and Exercises from Laufer: Discrete Mathematics and Applied Modern Algebra.


Week of Sections Homework Notes
Jan 26 1.1
1.2
  		3bd, 4bd, 6, 8, 11
1bd, 2bd, 3bd, 5, 8, 11
Solutions 		 
Feb 2 1.3
1.4
  		1ac, 4c, 5, 7, 10
2b, 3bd, 4bd, 6, 9, 10b, 17
Solutions
Feb 9 1.5
Notes on
Information
Theory 		3bd, 5, 6bd, 8, 10 (explain answers), 12
 
Exercises
Solutions 		 
Feb 16 2.1
2.2
2.3
  		1b, 2, 3, 6, 10, 13
2b, 3bc, 5, 7, 8
1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 14, 15, 17
Solutions 		 
Feb 23 2.4
2.5
Review 		1, 2ac, 3d, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12
1, 2ab, 3aceg, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12a
Solutions 		 
Mar 2 2.6
3.1
  		1, 2ad, 3ac, 4ac, 5, 6, 7
1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10
Solutions 		3/4: Midterm 1
on first 3 weeks material
Review; Solutions
Mar 9 3.2
3.3
  		1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12
1, 2
Solutions 		 
Mar 16 3.3
  		4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15
Solutions 		 
Mar 23 9.1
9.2
  		2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
1, 2a, 3a, 4a, 9
Solutions 		misprint p. 429
Prop 9.6: 0.a = 0!
Mar 30 Review
9.3 		1,2
repeat Examples 9.29 and 9.30 with
f(x) = 1 on [0,π], -1 on [π, 2π].
Use "LSUM" from here.
Solutions 		4/1: Midterm 2
through section 3.3
Review; Solutions.
Apr 13 9.3 (cont.) 3 and Homework 11
Solutions 		Note misprints. p.442 line l.8 "34"
should be "33." Also Eq 9.48 the
argument of f both times
should be 2πj/N.
Apr 20 9.3 (cont.) Homework 12
Solutions 		  
Apr 27 9.3 (end)
9.4 		4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12
1, 2
Solutions 		 
May 4 Review   Last meeting May 8
Final Exam: Wednesday May 13, 11AM-1:30 PM
 Final review (PDF file)
Review session Monday May 11, 2 PM in P-131 Math.