Math 111A, Algebra, Fall 2001

• Classes: T, Th, 10:00-11:45, JBE 165.
• Instructor:
  Robert Boltje;
  Office: JBE 365C;
  Tel.: 459-5001;
  Email: boltje@math.ucsc.edu;
  Office hours: T 11:45am-1pm, Th 8:45am-10am.
• Teaching Assistant:
  Jesse Matonak;
  Office: JBE 356;
  Email: jesse@math.ucsc.edu;
  Office hours: M 2pm-4pm, T 2pm-4pm.
• Sections: M 5pm-6:10pm, T 7:30pm-8:40pm, in JBE 165.
• Exams:
  Midterm: Tuesday, October 23, during class.
  Practice Midterm with solutions as PS-file or PDF-file.
  Midterm as PS-file or PDF-file.
  Final: Wednesday, December 5, 8-11am.
  Practice Final with solutions as PS-file or PDF-file.
  Final as PS-file or PDF-file.
• Passing requirements: 50% of the final score which combines Homework (10%), Quizzes (10%), Midterm (30%), and Final (50%).
• Textbooks: Herstein: Topics in Algebra, 2^nd edition.
• Tentative Syllabus:
  Week 1 (Sept. 25, 27) 1.1-1.3
  Week 2 (Oct. 2, 4) 2.1-2.3
  Week 3 (Oct. 9, 11) 2.4-2.5
  Week 4 (Oct. 16, 18) 2.6
  Week 5 (Oct. 25) 2.7 (Oct. 23 is midterm)
  Week 6 (Oct. 30, Nov. 1) 2.7-2.8
  Week 7 (Nov. 6, 8) 2.9-2.10
  Week 8 (Nov. 13, 15) 2.11
  Week 9 (Nov. 20) 2.12 (Nov. 22 is holiday)
  Week 10 (Nov. 27, 29) 2.13-2.14
  
• Homework: To be turned in at latest on Tuesdays before the section into Jesse's mailbox or at the beginning of the section to Jesse. Graded homework can be picked up from shelf near one of the stairs on the third floor of Baskin Engineering.
• Homework Problems: The bold faced ones and some more but not all problems will be graded.
  Due Oct. 2: 1.1.1, 1.1.6, 1.2.4, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.3.4, 1.3.11, 1.3.13;
  Due Oct. 9: 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.8, 2.3.10, 2.3.11, 2.3.14;
  Due Oct. 16: 2.5.1, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.10, 2.5.12, 2.5.14, 2.5.15, 2.5.16;
  Due Oct. 23: 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.9, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.5.15;
  Due Oct. 30: 2.6.9, 2.6.11, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.9, 2.7.11;
  Due Nov. 6: 2.7.8, 2.7.12, 2.7.13, 2.8.1, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.7, 2.8.9;
  Due Nov. 13: ???;
  Due Nov. 20: 2.11.4, 2.11.5, 2.11.6, 2.11.7, 2.11.9 2.11.10, 2.11.11, 2.11.17;
  Due Nov. 27: 2.12.6, 2.12.8, 2.12.9, 2.12.11, 2.12.21, 2.12.22, 2.12.23;