Math 336 - Abstract Algebra

Course Outline - Spring 2001

Text: Abstract Algebra (2^nd ed.)

Authors: T. Hungerford

Publisher: Saunders ISBN 0-03-010559-5

Topics Sections

Week 1 Overview. Arithmetic in Z. 1.1

Week 2 Arithmetic in Z. 1.2, 1.3

Week 3 Congruence in Z. Test 2.1

Week 4 Congruence in Z and Modular Arithmetic 2.2, 2.3

Week 5 Rings 3.1, 3.2

Week 6 Rings and F[x] 3.3, 4.1

Week 7 Arithmetic in F[x]. Midterm 4.2

Week 8 Arithmetic in F[x] 4.3, 4.4

Week 9 Congruence in F[x] and Congruence Class Arithmetic 5.1, 5.2

Week 10 Congruence Class Arithmetic and Ideals 5.3, 6.1

Week 11 Ideals and Quotient Rings. Test 6.2

Week 12 Groups 7.1, 7.2

Week 13 Groups 7.3, 7.4

Week 14 Groups and Applications. Review 7.5

(prepared by D. Blackmore - 1/3/2001)