Professor Gordana G. Todorov
MTH U576 · Rings Fields · Course Schedule
Spring 2009

* Class and Quiz Schedule

  Tuesday  Thursday   Friday     
Jan.6 Review Jan.8 3.1 Rings
p50:1,5,9,10,13
Jan.9 3.1 Rings
p52: 16,17,29,31,35
Jan.13 3.2 Rings - Basic Properties
p62: 2,5,6,7,10,12,14,15,19,23
Jan.15 3.3 Jan.16Quiz 1
Jan.20 Barack Obama Inauguration //
Cancelled class
Jan.224.1 Polynomials
p 88:1,3,5,6,8,17,18,19
Jan.234.2 Divisibility in F[x]
p 93: 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10
Jan.274.3 Irreducibles, Unique Factorization
p 98:1,3,4,7,9,10,12,13,14
Jan.29 Review Jan.30              Quiz 2
Feb.3 4.4 Poly. Functions, Roots, Reducib.
p 104: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,13,15,19,23,25,26
Feb.54.5 Irreducibility in Q[x]
p 113: 1,2,3,5,7,9,10
Feb.6
Review
Feb.9               Quiz 3 Feb.124.6 Irreducibility in R[x] and C[x]
p 117: 1,2,3,4,8
Feb.135.1 Congruence in F[x]
p 122: 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,12
Feb.17 5.2 Congruence-class arithmetic
p 128: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,11,14,16
Feb.195.3 F[x]/p(x), p(x) irreducible
p 132: 1,2,5,9,10
Feb.20              Quiz 4
Feb.24 6.1 Ideals and congruence; p141:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12, 13,15,16,18,21 Feb.26 6.2 Quotient rings and homomorphisms; p151:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 Feb.276.3 Structure of R/I for I prime or maximal; p157: 1,2,4,5,6, 10, 11, 13
Mar.2 Spring breakMar.4 Spring breakMar.5 Spring break
Mar.10 10.1 Vector Spaces; p337: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,18,25,26 Mar.12 10.2 Simple Field Extensions; p345: 5,6,7,8,9,11,17,18,21 Mar.13              Quiz 5
Mar.17 10.3 Algebraic Extensions; p350: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,11,17,18 Mar.19 10.4 Splitting Fields; p357: 1,2,3,8,9,11,12,13,15 Mar.2010.5 Separability
Mar.24 10.6 Finite fields Mar.26 Review Mar.27              Quiz 6
Mar.31 11.1 Galois Group Apr.211.2 Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory Apr.311.3 Solvability by Radicals
Apr.7 11.3 Solvability by Radicals Apr.9 Apr.10COURSE REVIEW
Apr.14 COURSE REVIEW W-Apr.15Reading day
Thursday, 04/16/2009 8:00 AM,     ----      MTHU576 RINGSFIELDS,       ----        2 SL                        FINAL EXAM    

* Course Information

CourseMTH U576 · Rings Fields, Sec. 1, Seq. 2, Key # 65373
InstructorGordana Todorov
Course Web Site    www.math.neu.edu/~todorov/S09U576/RingsFields.html
Time and PlaceTThF, 11:45-12:50pm, in 118F West Village
Office531 Lake Hall
Phone(617) 373-2450
Emailg.todorov@neu.edu
Office Hours TTh 1-2pm, or by appointment
Textbook Abstract Algebra: An Introduction, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2nd Edition, 1996, by Thomas W. Hungerford,
Grade 60% in-class exams, 40% final exam


* Class Materials



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Home Started:  January 9, 2009
Last modified:  January 11, 2009
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