Math 111A, Algebra I, Winter 2014

• Classes: T,Th 12-1:45, Soc Sci 2, Room 71. Room Change: From Thursday, Jan. 16, on in Stevenson 175.
• Instructor: Robert Boltje;
  Office: McHenry 4149;
  Tel: 459-5001;
  Email: boltje AT ucsc DoT edu;
  Office hours: Tuesday 10:30-11:30, W 12:30-2:00, or by appointment.
• Teaching Assistant: Rob Laber; Email: rlaber AT ucsc DoT edu;
  Office hours: M 2-3, W 3:30-4:30, McHenry Room 1292.
• Sections:
  • Time and Room Change: Math111A-01A, Monday 3:50PM - 5:00PM, McHenry Room 1240, from Jan. 27 on.
  • Math111A-01B, Wednesday 2:00PM - 3:10PM, Crown Room 203.
• Tutor Sessions: Run by Zac Parazette-Tillar. All UCSC students are eligible for up to 1 hour of tutoring per week per course and can sign-up for tutoring here, beginning Tuesday, January 14th at 10:00am.
• Passing requirement: Homework (weight 10% ), midterm (weight 30%), and final exam (weight 60%).
  Passing requirement is 50% of the overall score.
• Syllabus
• Midterm: Tuesday, February 18th, 12-1:45pm, in the class room.
• Final Exam: Wednesday, March 19, 8:00am - 11:00am, Stevenson 175.
• Lecture Notes: These are the complete self-contained notes for the class including exercises.
• Homework: Due BEFORE noon on Thursdays, either in class or in my mailbox in McHenry, 4th floor.
  The numbers of the homework problems come from the lecture notes. 2.4 means Exercise 4 in Section 2.
  • Set 1: 1.1,1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4. Due Thursday, Jan 16.
    
  • Set 2: 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2. Due Thursday, Jan 23.
    
  • Set 3: 4.5, 4.6, 4.8, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5. Due Thursday, Jan 30.
    
  • Set 4: 5.2, 6.1-6.5. Due Thursday, Feb 6.
    
  • Set 5: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3. Due Thursday, Feb 13.
    
  • Set 6: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.7, 9.8. Due Thursday, Feb 27.
    
  • Set 7: 10.2, 10,3, 10.5, 10.6, 11.1, 11.2. Due Thursday, March 6.
    
  • Set 8: 11.4, 11.5, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5. Due Thursday, March 13.
    
  • Set 9: 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.6, 14.1, 14.2. No due date, for practice only.
• A text book is not necessary. The class notes are self-contained. If you like to do some additional reading:
  • Michael Artin: Algebra (covers more topics in algebra than this course)
  • Herstein: Topics in algebra (often used in also in Math111B, covers both classes).
  • Fraleigh: A first course in abstract algebra.