Abstract Algebra, Fall 2001

Text: Gallian 5th ed.

Lectures: Not from text

August 2001

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Introductory Material

Induction

Matrices
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Matrices Part 2
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Matrices Part 3
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Groups: Definition
 
             

September 2001

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Labor Day Holiday
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Last Day Add, P/F

Subgroups
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Subgroups
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Isomorphisms
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Last Day Drop

Isomorphisms

Homomorphisms
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Homomorphisms
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Equivalence Relations

Partitions
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Equivalence Relations

Partitions

Cosets
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Cosets
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Restrictions of Homomorphisms
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Restrictions

Products of Groups
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Products of Groups
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Quotient Groups
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Vector Spaces: Fields, Bases

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Vector Spaces: Infinite Dimensions, Direct Sums

Review
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Exam 1
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October 2001

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Linear Transformations: Matrix, Operators, Eigenvectors
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Linear Transformations: Orthogonal, Rotations, Diagonalization
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Linear Transformations: Continue (or ODE's and Matrix Exponential)
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Symmetry: Planar Figures
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Symmetry: Planar Figures
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Symmetry: Motions in the plane
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Symmetry: Motions in the plane
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Symmetry: Finite groups of motions
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Symmetry: Finite groups of motions
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Symmetry: Discrete groups of motions
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Symmetry: Discrete groups of motions
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Abstract Symmetry: Group Operations
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Abstract Symmetry: Group Operations
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Symmetry: Operations on Cosets
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Symmetry: Operations on Cosets
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Symmetry: The Counting Formula
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Symmetry: The Counting Formula
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November 2001

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Operations of a group on itself
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Operations of a group on itself
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Class equation of Icosahedral subgroup
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Class equation of Icosahedral subgroup
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No Class
Review?

Assessment Workshop
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Preregistration

Exam 2

Assessment Workshop
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Assessment Workshop
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Preregistration

Operations on Subsets
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Preregistration

Operations on Subsets
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Preregistration

Sylow Theorems
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Preregistration

Sylow Theorems
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Groups of order 12
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Groups of order 12
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Computation in the symmetric group
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Computation in the symmetric group
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Free Groups
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Generators and Relations of Groups
 

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Generators and Relations of Groups

Fundamental Group
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Fundamental Group
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