ALGEBRA

M380C Algebra

Fall 2006

Instructor: Fernando Rodriguez Villegas
Address: Department of Math, UT Austin, Austin, TX 78712
Phone: (512) 471-1137
Office: RLM 9.164
Fax: 512-471-9038
E-mail: villegas@math.utexas.edu

CLASS: MWF 12:00PM - 1:00PM RLM 12.166

OFFICE HOURS: M 10:30 - 11:30 (or by appointment)

SYLLABUS: Groups (groups, subgroups, quotient groups, group actions, direct products, solvable groups)
and Rings (rings, domains, PIDs, UFDs, polynomial rings, modules).

TEXT: Group Theory: J. S. Milne's notes

Abstract Algebra: The Basic Graduate Year by R. Ash.

REFERENCE: D. Dummit and R. Foote, Abstract Algebra, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999.
There is an errata.

EXAMS:

Take home Midterm October 13-15
Take home Final December 8-11

GRADES: 30% homework + 30% midterm + 40% final.

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