For a copy of the course syllabus, click here

Homework 1 (due September 8)

• Page 8-9, #4,8,11.

• Page 16-17, #1,3,9.

• Page 23-24, #1,4,6,7.

• page 35-36, #1,2,6,11,14,21.

• *** Note that due to the President's address on Thursday (Sept 3), I have delayed the due date to Tues, Sept. 8. ***

Homework 2 (due September 17).

• Page 46-49, #2,3,4,5,6,12,13,15,19,38.

• Page 53, #1,2,4,7,12.

Homework 3 (due Tuesday, September 29).

• Page 64-65, #1,3,6,8,10.

• *** Your first exam has been scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24. ***

• You might find this amusing: it seems that there is a Wikipedia article precisely defining what is meant by ``abstract nonsense'', and which can be found by going here .

• If you want to see what mathematicians do with their time when they aren't teaching -- i.e. what math research is like -- you might appreciate seeing the `` Polymath4 project'', in which I am a contributor. Click on the ``research threads'' to see what your abstract algebra professor has been up to lately...

• Click here for a practice midterm 1. Click here for another one.

• For an interesting video of the world's best Tetris player, click here .

• *** Your exam will last for only one hour (even though it is a 1.5 hour class), and you will be allowed to bring with you a simple calculator ***

Homework 4 (due Thursday, October 15).

• Page 70, #1, 5.

• Page 74, #1, 5, 8.

• Click here for a link to the math 4107 webpage from when I taught the course last year. There are links to some homework writeups that might be helpful to study from

Homework 5 (due Thursday, October 29).

• Page 80-81, #1,2,3,11,12,18,20.

• Page 90-91, #1,4,5,14.

• Page 101-103, #1,7,9,15.

• Click here for a copy of the solutions to midterm 1.

Homework 6 (due Thursday, Nov. 19).

• Page 108, #1,6,8.

• Page 115, #4,6,9.

• Page 116, #2,4,11,13,14.

• *** Your second midterm will be Thursday, Nov. 12 ***

• Click here for an interesting video about symmetry (and group theory).

• NOTE: I have changed the date of your exam to Nov. 12 (it *was* Nov 10 before).

• I decided to write a short note on ``advice to undergrad math majors'', inteded for those who plan to apply to grad school. If you are interested, click here . I made some corrections and updates to the file.

• I have started writing up a study sheet for the midterm. Click here to see what I have written so far.

• Here is an interesting link about the ``Russian Math Counterculture''.

Homework 7 (turn it in with your final exam).

• Page 130, #1,3,7,12.

• Page 135, #1,3.

• Page 139-140, #1, 3.

• Page 142-143, #1,6.

• Page 149, #1,2,3,5.

• *** I will not be holding office hours tomorrow, Wednesday at the usual time of 3:00-4:00. Instead, I will hold them from 4:30-5:30. Apologies for not mentioning this in class (I forgot). ***

• Click here for a study sheet for the final exam.

• Your final exam will take place this Friday (Dec. 11) from 2:50-5:40.

• In addition to the final exam to study from in the link to the old course webpage, click here for a link to another Math 4107 final I gave in 2005.

• For a copy of the second midterm, click here (there was an error in the writeup of prob. 4).

• For some selected solutions to midterm 2, click here .