Algebraic Structures with Computer Applications

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• Course is over.

General Information

• Tentative lecture schedule (html file) as of August 2007 (before classes start).
  The actual material covered in each lecture is below.
  
• Textbook: Elements of Modern Algebra, 5th or 6th edition, by J. Gilbert and L. Gilbert, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.
  
• Prerequisites: MATH2107, or equivalent. Students who have not passed the prerequisite course may be automatically de-registered during the term.
• Classes begin: Thursday September 6, 2007.
  Classes end: Friday November 30, 2007.
• Term mark: There will be four tests, each worth 15%, taken in tutorials on October 4, October 18, November 1, November 15, 2007. Your worst test score will be dropped. Total portion of the final mark in midterm tests: 45%.
  Important: to pass the course you need at least 30% in midterm tests (equivalent to 13.5% out of the 45% of the total marks corresponding to midterm tests).
  
• Evaluation: Term mark is 45%. The final examination is 55%.
• Plagiarism and Cheating:
• Plagiarism is defined on page 61 of 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 without academic penalties is November 09, 2007.
• Students with Disabilities: Students with Disabilities who require academic accommodations please feel free to see me, and contact the Paul Menton Centre to complete the required forms. Last day to submit (to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities) Formal Examination Accommodation Forms for December examinations is November 09, 2007.

Lectures per month (summary)

• September 2007 (html file)
• October 2007 (html file)
• November 2007 (html file)

Problems for tests and exam

• List of problems for the 5th edition (html file).
  
• List of problems for the 6th edition (html file).
  

These problems are from the textbook Elements of Modern Algebra by J. Gilbert and L. Gilbert, 5th and 6th edition.

These lists of problems per test are tentative (as of August 2007) and will be updated before each test. However, given our previous experience with this course, it is unlikely that any changes will be done to these lists.

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