Instructor: Juan Migliore
Office: HAYE 236.
Phone: 631-7345
Office Hours:
Monday 2:00-3:00, Tuesday
2:00-3:00 or by appointment
Time and place of class: MWF
10:30-11:20 am, DBRT 207
Textbook: A first course
in abstract algebra (7th edition) by John B. Fraleigh, available in bookstore.
Course content: We plan to
cover most of the following material, with possible minor variations and/or
additional topics as time permits.
Here is a detailed
list of topics and homework assignments for Math 30710. It will be
updated, with precise dates added, over the course of the semester. It is there
in its entirety (minus due dates) to give you a detailed idea of what we plan to
cover, but minor changes will probably be made as we get to that material.
How you will be evaluated: Your course
grade will be based on your total score out of 450, with points allocated as
follows:
Exams
Exam 1:
Here is Practice
Exam 1A. Here are the solutions
to Practice Exam 1A.
Here is Practice
Exam 1B. Here are the solutions
to Practice Exam 1B.
Here is your Exam 1. And
here are the solutions
to Exam 1.
Exam 2:
Here is Practice Exam 2A.
Here are the solutions
to Practice Exam 2A.
Here is Practice Exam 2B.
Here are the solutions
to Practice Exam 2B.
Here is Practice Exam 2C.
Here are the solutions
to Practice Exam 2C.
Here is your Exam 2. And here are the
solutions to Exam 2.
Final exam:
Here is the Practice Final Exam
A. Here are the solutions to
Practice Final Exam A.
Here is the Practice Final Exam
B. Here are the solutions to
Practice Final Exam B.
Homework and Reading: The homework
problems will be assigned on a lecture-to-lecture basis, and will be collected
weekly on Wednesdays. You should attempt the problems the day that they
are assigned, so as to be able to ask me in class about any difficulties you
encounter. (I generally won't do a homework problem for you in class, but may
discuss a similar problem.) Similarly, there will be regularly assigned reading
for most class periods, and you should come to class prepared to ask questions
about any of it you did not understand.
I encourage you to collaborate with each other on homework
problems and in understanding the required reading. In fact, for each
assignment, you may join forces with one or two other students to turn
in a single, jointly written set of solutions, provided all group members have
made a significant effort to contribute to the homework solutions. See below
about copying homework, though.
Honor Code Notre Dame
students are expected to abide by Academic Code of Honor Pledge: "As a
member of the Notre Dame community, I will not participate in or tolerate
academic dishonesty.'' Both the homework and the exams are conducted under the
honor code. Examinations are closed book and are to be done completely by yourself with no assistance from others. Although
collaboration on homework is permitted, directly copying the work of other
students, or simply adding your name to work done by another student or group
and claiming it is jointly-done homework, would constitute a violation of the
honor code. (Allowing anyone else to add their name
undeservedly to your assignment is just as serious an offense.) Similarly, if
you have access to any solutions to the homework problems that were written by
someone else, a direct copying of such solutions is a violation of the honor
code. However, you are allowed to consult such a source if you get stuck, since
I would rather that you get help than that you give up entirely; but direct
copying from such a source is again an honor code violation.