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 MATH W4041:
 Intro to Modern Algebra I
 Spring 2009



This page is http://www.math.columbia.edu/~bayer/S09/ModernAlgebra


Section 001
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00am-12:15pm
302 Milbank Hall (Barnard)

Dave Bayer <bayer@math.columbia.edu>
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~bayer
426 Mathematics, +1 (212) 854-2643

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Exams

Including our final, there will be a total of three exams that determine the course grade.

Test Day Date Time Points
Exam 1TuesdayFebruary 17in class30
Exam 2TuesdayMarch 31in class30
FinalTuesdayMay 12
9:00 am - Noon (projected)40

These dates do not coincide with any religious holiday which causes suspension of New York City's alternate side parking regulations; see NYC Parking Calendar. Please discuss other conflicts with me well in advance of the exam in question.

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Artin

Text

Algebra, by Michael Artin. Prentice Hall, 1991. ISBN-10: 0130047635, ISBN-13: 9780130047632. List price, $138. Columbia University Bookstore. Amazon ($110, $70 and up used). AddALL ($60 and up used). International editions of inferior quality are also widely available; carefully study any online offer to make sure that this is not what you're buying, unless this is what you want.



Teaching Assistant


Course materials

I taught this course last year; please see S08 Modern Algebra I for exams and exam solutions from that semester.

For the final, be able to prove all three Sylow theorems, and be able to classify groups of most orders less than 100:

(Order 100 itself is in principle amenable to our methods, but there are many candidates, and it is tedious to check which ones are isomorphic.)


Calendar

This calendar gives our schedule of classes and exams.

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