MAT 312/AMS 351: Applied Algebra

Stony Brook            Fall 2019

 

Final Exam Information

General Course Information, MLC Hours, Erratum for Textbook

Tentative Schedule

The lectures are TuTh 11:30-12:50 in Physics P113.
The recitations are RO1 Tu 1-1:53pm in ESS 079 and R02 W 11-11:53am in ESS 181.

All assigned readings below are from the required textbook.
HW11 is due before the start of the lecture on Thursday, 12/05

Dates TopicRead Problem Set
8/27, Tu - 8/29, Th Mathematical induction (in recitations) Sections 1.1-1.3
video
lecture notes, more		 #1
solutions
Euclid's algorithm for gcd
Unique Factorization Theorem
9/3, Tu - 9/5, ThModular arithmetic Sections 1.4,1.5 #2
solutions
9/10, Tu - 9/12, Th Euler's TheoremSection 1.6 #3
solutions
Public key cryptography
9/17, Tu - 9/18, W Review for Midterm IChapter 1 none
9/19, Th Midterm I: info, exam, solutions
9/24, Tu - 9/26, Th Overview of Midterm I (in recitations)
Permutations Sections 4.1,4.2 #4
solutions
10/1, Tu - 10/3, ThIntroduction to groups Section 4.3, pp200-206s
video		 #5
solutions
10/8, Tu - 10/10, ThStructures of groups Sections 5.1,5.2
video		 #6
solutions
10/14, M - 10/15, Tu no classes, no office hours
10/16, W - 10/22, TuSmall groups Section 5.3 #7
solutions
10/23, W - 10/29, TuGroups and codes Section 5.4
notes		 #8
solutions
10/30, W - 10/31, ThReview for Midterm II Sections 4.1-4.3
Chapter 5		 none
11/5, Tu Midterm II: info, exam, solutions
11/5, Tu - 11/6, W Overview of Midterm II (in recitations)
11/7, Th - 11/13, W Other algebraic structures Sections 4.4,6.1 #9
solutions
Polynomials
11/14, Th - 11/20, W Division and factorizationSections 6.2,6.3 #10
solutions
11/21, Th - 11/26, TuPolynomials and codes Sections 6.4,6.5
notes		 #11
solutions
11/27, W - 11/29, F no classes, no office hours
12/3, Tu - 12/5, Th Review for Final Examall of the above none
12/18, W Final Exam, 11:15am-1:45pm
 
 
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