Instructor:
Prof. Brett Stevens,
Herzberg Physics, Office #4374
Tel: (613) 520 2600 (Ext. 2125)
Email:stevens@math.carleton.ca
http://mathstat.math.carleton.ca/~brett/
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Textbook:
Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications, by Thomas W. Judson. I have ordered this book
at Haven Books. It is also available at http://abstract.ups.edu/ for free download and at Amazon.com for $19.95. This book is Open Source and published under the GNU Free Documentation License. You can make modifications and redistribute the resulting book with full freedom as long as you publish it under the same license. Additionally
I will put books on reserve for this course at the library. They will be
Prerequisites:
MATH1102, MATH2107, or equivalent.
Students who have not passed the prerequisite course may be automatically
de-registered during the term.
Classes:
Monday 19:30-21:00, Wednesday 19:30-21:00.
Room: SA 417.
Tutorials:
Monday 18:30-19:30
Room: PA 201
TA: Ming Ming Zhang
Office Hour: Monday 17:30-18:30, day of tests
Office: HP4365
email: mmzhang@connect.carleton.ca
Office hours: Monday 14:00-15:00 and Wednesday 18:30-19:30, or contact me for an apointment.
Classes begin: Wednesday 4 Jan. 2012. Classes end: Wednesday 4 Apr. 2012.
Term mark:
There will be four tests, each worth 15%, taken in tutorials on
6 Feb., 27 Feb., 12 Mar., 26 Mar. 2012.
Practice problems for these tests will be available.
Test solutions will be posted in the display case opposite HP4396.
Your worst test score will be dropped.
Evaluation:
Term mark is 45%. The final examination is 55%.
You must pass the term work in order to pass the course. If you have
a passing term mark and you do better on the final exam then I will
count your final exam for 100% of the course. I do not accept
doctor's notes for late or missed work because I cannot verify their authenticity. Students wishing to see their examination papers must make an appointment
within 3 weeks of the examination. This is an opportunity to get educational feedback and not an opportunity to argue about the marking.
Plagiarism and Cheating:
Plagiarism is defined in the undergraduate calendar
as an instructional offense that occurs when a student uses or passes
off "as one's own idea or product, work of another without expressly
giving credit". This includes plagiarism involving material lifted from
the Internet. Plagiarism is a serious offense. The penalties for
students who have been found to have plagiarized are a failed grade at
the least sever and suspension, expulsion or notation on transcripts
for serious or repeated cases. Plagiarism is just one form of
Cheating. All forms of cheating are taken very seriously and
will be dealt with swiftly and severely.
Withdrawal: The last day for withdrawal from the course is 5 Apr. 2012. Withdrawals before 31 Jan. 2012 get 100% refund, there is NO refund after this date.
Academic Accommodation You may need special arrangements to meet your academic obligations during the term. For an accommodation request the processes are as follows:
List of Topics Covered:
Monoids, Automata, Groups, Subgroups, Cyclic Groups, Order of Group, Generators, Isomorphism, Homomorphism, Kernal, Image, Permutation Groups, Conjugacy, Cosets, Largrange's Theorem, Rubik's Cube, RSA cryptography, Normal Subgroups, Quotient Groups, Homomorphism Theorem.
These topics are subject to change
Suggested Exercises. Exercises in italics are fundemental, Exercises in bold are for a deeper understanding.