Math 111A, Algebra I, Summer 2016

• Classes: T,Th 9am-12:30pm, Soc Sci 2, Room 167.
• Instructor: Robert Boltje;
  Office: McHenry 4190;
  Tel: 459-5001;
  Email: boltje AT ucsc DoT edu;
  Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday 1:30-3pm, or by appointment.
• Teaching Assistant: Charles Petersen; Email: chanpete_at_ucsc_dot_edu;
  Office hours: M 10am-12pm and W 1pm-2pm, McHenry 1261.
• Section: W 10am - 12:00pm, Soc Sci 2, Room 141.
• Passing requirement: Overall score is computed from homework (weight 10% ), quizzes (weight 10%), midterm (weight 30%), and final exam (weight 50%).
  Passing requirement is 50% of the overall score and 50% of the final exam.
• Quizzes: Will be given Thursdays at beginning of class.
• Syllabus
• Midterm: Friday, August 12. 11:30am-12:30pm and 12:30pm-1:30pm, Soc Sci 2, Room 171. Please send me an email which of the two slots you will be using.
• Final Exam: Friday, August 26, 10:30am-12:30pm and 12:30pm-2:30pm, Soc Sci 2, Room 171. Please send me an email which of the two slots you will be using.
• Lecture Notes: Complete notes, Chapters 1-14..
• Homework: Due on Mondays during Charles' office hours (see above) or by noon in Charles Petersen's mail folder, opposite McHenry 4146 in the file cabinet labeled "graduate mail". Graded homework will be returned Wednesdays during section. Try to solve all exercises at the end of the sections in the lecture notes.
  • Set 1: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.2, 3.3.
    
  • Set 2: 4.6, 4.8, 5.1, 5.5, 5.6, 6.3.
    
  • Set 3: 7.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6.
    
  • Set 4: 10.4, 10.6, 10.8, 11.1, 11.3, 11.5.
    
• A text book is not necessary. The class notes are self-contained. If you would like some additional reading, the following book is one I can recommend, although it covers more topics than this course: Michael Artin, Algebra.