MAS 4103 001 18034 MODERN ALGEBRA Fall 2017 PS 112 MWF Syllabus Course title/number, number of credit hours Is this an online course: Yes ___ or No _x__ Credit hours 3 Course title: Modern Algebra Course prerequisites or corequisites Permission of the instructor is required: Yes ___ or No _x__ Instructor contact information Instructor: Frederick Hoffman Office: SE 212A Office WF 10-10:50am and by appointment. Office Phone: (561) 297-3345 E-mail Address: hoffman@fau.edu TA contact information (if applicable) N/A Course description Elementary number theory. Groups, and ideals, polynomials, and fields. Course objectives/student learning objectives Upon successful completion of the course the student will have a knowledge of the fundamental results in groups, rings and fields. The student will be able to read proofs in groups, rings and fields. and be able to solve problems and compose simple proofs Fax: (561) 297-2436 Department phone: (561) 297-3340 Textbook: Contemporary Abstract Algebra, Edition, by Joseph A. Gallian (Cengage; 2017) This is a fairly standard introductory course in modern algebra at the upper division undergraduate level. The prerequisite for the course is Discrete Mathematics. Chapter 0 of the text is a review of discrete mathematics, and we shall cover it rapidly. After that, we shall move at a slightly slower pace through groups, rings and fields. The schedule below is subject to change, but represents the instructor’s intentions. Homework will be collected as indicated, and graded, when submitted on time. Homework submitted late will be recorded, but not graded. A student will be able to earn a maximum score on homework even if as many as five assignments are not graded, so there will be no exceptions to the policy that homework submitted late will not be graded. A student may, of course, ask questions about homework problems that are not graded. You should read all the exercises, thinking of them as part of the text. I shall indicate problems of more interest in the second column below, and list in the third column the ones to be turned in.
MAS 4103 001 18034 MODERN ALGEBRA Fall 2017 PS 112 MWF Syllabus Course title/number, number of credit hours Is this an online course: Yes ___ or No _x__ Credit hours 3 Course title: Modern Algebra Course prerequisites or corequisites Permission of the instructor is required: Yes ___ or No _x__ Instructor contact information Instructor: Frederick Hoffman Office: SE 212A Office WF 10-10:50am and by appointment. Office Phone: (561) 297-3345 E-mail Address: hoffman@fau.edu TA contact information (if applicable) N/A Course description Elementary number theory. Groups, and ideals, polynomials, and fields. Course objectives/student learning objectives Upon successful completion of the course the student will have a knowledge of the fundamental results in groups, rings and fields. The student will be able to read proofs in groups, rings and fields. and be able to solve problems and compose simple proofs Fax: (561) 297-2436 Department phone: (561) 297-3340 Textbook: Contemporary Abstract Algebra, Edition, by Joseph A. Gallian (Cengage; 2017) This is a fairly standard introductory course in modern algebra at the upper division undergraduate level. The prerequisite for the course is Discrete Mathematics. Chapter 0 of the text is a review of discrete mathematics, and we shall cover it rapidly. After that, we shall move at a slightly slower pace through groups, rings and fields. The schedule below is subject to change, but represents the instructor’s intentions. Homework will be collected as indicated, and graded, when submitted on time. Homework submitted late will be recorded, but not graded. A student will be able to earn a maximum score on homework even if as many as five assignments are not graded, so there will be no exceptions to the policy that homework submitted late will not be graded. A student may, of course, ask questions about homework problems that are not graded. You should read all the exercises, thinking of them as part of the text. I shall indicate problems of more interest in the second column below, and list in the third column the ones to be turned in.
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