MATH 3031: Abstract Algebra I

Fall 2023, Dalhousie University

Time and location: Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 1:35 pm - 2:25 pm, Chase 319

Office hours: Mondays 10:30 - 11:30 am & Tuesdays 9:30 - 10:30 am in Chase 314

Course Syllabus: is available here.



Calendar

Wednesday Sep 6 Sets and binary operations
Friday Sep 8 Groups
Monday Sep 11 Abelian groups, cyclic groups
Wednesday Sep 13 Finite groups
Friday Sep 15 Subgroups
Monday Sep 18 Homomorphisms
Wednesday Sep 20 Subgroups of cyclic groups
Friday Sep 22 Generating sets for groups
Monday Sep 25 Permutations
Wednesday Sep 27 The symmetric group
Friday Sep 29 Cayley's theorem
Monday Oct 2 No class -- University closed
Wednesday Oct 4 Cycles and orbits
Friday Oct 6 Even and odd permutations
Monday Oct 9 No class -- University closed
Wednesday Oct 11 The Alternating group
Friday Oct 13 Cosets of subgroups
Monday Oct 16 Index of a group
Wednesday Oct 18 The dihedral group
Friday Oct 20 Direct products of groups
Monday Oct 23 Direct products of groups
Wednesday Oct 25 Midterm
Friday Oct 27 Finitely generated abelian groups
Monday Oct 30 Finitely generated abelian groups
Wednesday Nov 1 Midterm review
Friday Nov 3 Finitely generated abelian groups
Monday Nov 6 Normal subgroups
Wednesday Nov 8
Friday Nov 10
Monday Nov 13 Study Break
Wednesday Nov 15 Study Break
Friday Nov 17 Study Break
Monday Nov 20
Wednesday Nov 22
Friday Nov 24 First isomorphism theorem
Monday Nov 27 Second and third isomorphism theorems
Wednesday Nov 29
Friday Dec 1
Monday Dec 4
Tuesday Dec 5
Wednesday Dec 6