The schedule for topics covered in lecture is as follows. Please do
the assigned reading prior to lecture. This will make the lectures
more effective for you.
Week 1, August 22 -- August 26
Chapter 1. Introduction to Groups, p. 16
Week 2, August 29 -- September 3
Chapter 2. Subgroups, p. 46
Problem Set 1
due in Thursday lecture. DIAGNOSTIC QUIZ in Thursday lecture.
Week 3, September 5 -- Setember 9
Chapter 3. Quotient Groups and Homomorphisms, p. 73
Problem Set 2
due in Thursday lecture.
Week 4, September 12 -- September 16
Chapter 4. Group actions, p. 112
Problem Set 3
due in Thursday lecture.
Week 5, September 19 -- September 23
Chapter 5. Direct and Semidirect Products and Abelian Groups, p. 152
Problem Set 4
due in Thursday lecture.
Week 6, September 26 -- September 30
Chapter 11. Vector Spaces, p. 408 MIDTERM 1 in Thursday lecture. No assigned problems to be collected this week.
Week 7, October 3 -- October 7
Chapter 11. Vector Spaces (continued), p. 408
Problem Set 5
due in Thursday lecture.
Week 8, October 10 -- October 14
Inner Product Spaces and The Spectral Theorem
Problem Set 6
due in Thursday lecture.
No class on Tuesday, October 11.
Week 9, October 17 -- October 21
Chapter 7. Introduction to Rings, p. 223
Problem Set 7
due in Thursday lecture.
Week 10, October 25 -- October 29.
Chapter 8. Euclidean Domains, Principal Ideal Domains and Unique
Factorization Domains, p. 270
Problem Set 8
due in Thursday lecture.
Week 11, October 31 -- November 4
Chapter 9. Polynomial Rings, p. 295
Problem Set 9
due in Thursday lecture.
Week 12, November 7 -- November 11
Chapter 15. Commutative Rings and Algebraic Geometry, p. 656 MIDTERM 2 in Thursday lecture.No assigned problems to be collected this week.
Week 13, November 14 -- November 18
Semisimple Rings and Wedderburn's Theorem
Problem Set 10
due in Thursday lecture.
Week 14, November 21 -- November 25
Chapter 10. Introduction to Module Theory, p. 337 No lecture Thursday, November 24.
No assigned problems to be collected this week.
Week 15, November 28 -- December 2
Chapter 12. Modules over Principal Ideal Domains, p. 456
Problem Set 11
due in Thursday lecture.
Jason Starr
4-108 Math Tower
Department of Mathematics
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3651
Phone: 631-632-8270
Fax: 631-632-7631 Jason Starr