C121310, Algebra I, Fall 2009
Department of Mathematics

Date
Plan to cover
Homework problems
Tues
Sep. 15
點名及課程介紹.
 
Thur
Sep. 17
0. Sets and Relations. P8# 15, 19, 20, 21, 36.
Tues
Sep. 22
I.1. Introductions and Examples.
I.2. Binary Operations.
I.3. Isomorphic Binary Structures.
P19# 35, 37.
P27# 23, 24, 31, 36, 37.
P36# 19, 24, 25, 27, 33.
Thur
Sep. 24
I.4. Groups. P35# 9, 10, 15, 19, 29, 32, 41.
Tues
Sep. 29
I.5. Subgroups.
P55# 13, 25, 26, 40, 41, 45, 49, 52, 53.
Thur
Oct. 1st
I.6. Cyclic Groups (continued...).  
Tues
Oct. 6
I.6. Cyclic Groups.
I.7. Generating Sets.
P66# 3, 18, 20, 27, 40, 47, 48, 52, 53.
P72# 3, 5.
Thur
Oct. 8
II.8. Groups of permutations. P83# 3, 8, 11, 21, 36, 40, 41, 44, 47.
Tues
Oct. 13
II. 9. Orbits, Cosets, and the alternating group.
P94 #5, 13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27, 29, 34.
Thur
Oct. 15
II.10. Cosets and The etheorem of Lagrange. (continued...)  
Tues
Oct. 20
First midetrm in class. (10%)
Cover Section 0. through Section 7.
Thur
Oct. 22
II.10. Cosets and The etheorem of Lagrange.
P101 #6, 15, 19, 28, 32, 36, 43, 45, 46.
Tues
Oct. 27
II.11. Direct products and finitely generated abelian groups.
 
Thur
Oct. 29
II.11. Direct products and finitely generated abelian groups.
P111 # 8, 14, 15, 16, 26, 36, 38, 39, 40, 47.
Tues
Nov 3.
III.13. Homomorphisms.
 
Thur
Nov. 5
Review.
 
Tues
Nov 10.
2nd Midterm in Class (20%).
Plan to cover chapter I and II. (Sec 12 is not included.)
Thur
Nov. 12
III.13. Homomorphisms.

P133 # 5, 13, 23, 29, 32, 35, 44, 47, 49, 50.
Tues
Nov 17.
III.14. Factor groups (to be continued).
 
Thur
Nov. 19
III.14. Factor groups.

P142 # 7, 15, 23, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39.
Tues
Nov 24.
III.15. Factor group computation and simple groups.
P152 # 3, 9, 15, 19, 29, 39, 40, 41, 42.
Thur
Nov 26.
III.16. Group action on a set.
P159 # 1, 2, 3, 10, 13, 15.
Tues
Dec 1
III.17. Applications of G-sets to counting.
IV.18. Rings and Fields.
P164 # 1, 3, 7.
Thur
Dec 3.
Review or continue IV.18. Rings and Fields.
 
Tues
Dec 8
Plan to have 3 midterm on chapter III, section 13~17.
 
Thur
Dec 10.
IV.18. Rings and Fields.
P175 # 22, 23, 25, 40, 46, 53, 55.
Tues
Dec 15
IV.19. Integral Domains.

P182 # 1, 11, 17, 25, 27, 29.
Thur
Dec 17.
IV. 20 Fermat's and Euler's Theorems
P189 # 5, 9, 15, 17, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30.
Tues
Dec 22
IV.21. Quotient Fieds of Integral Domains.
IV.22. Rings of Polynomials.
P196 # 1, 4, 5, 12.
P207 # 5, 11, 17, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28.
Thur
Dec 24.
IV.23 Factorization of Polynomials over a Field.
 
Tues
Dec 29.
IV.23 Factorization of Polynomials over a Field.

P219 # 11, 15, 25, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37.
Thur
Dec 30.
IV.26. Homomorphism and Factor Rings.

P243 # 3, 15, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30, 34.
Tues
Jan 5.
Plan to have Final.