Math 223, Introduction to Abstract Algebra
Winter 2012
Dr. Karen Meagher

Course Information

My office is College West 307.5 and my office hours are Tuesday and Wednesday 3:00-5:00.

You can download a copy of the Course Outline .


Assignments

Topics Assignment Solutions Due Date
Binary Operations and Functions Assignment 1 Solutions Jan 19
Groups Assignment 2 Solutions Jan 26
Subgroups Assignment 3 Solutions Feb 2
Cyclic Groups Assignment 4 Solutions Mar 1
Isomorphism Assignment 5 Solutions Mar 8
Conjugates and Rings Assignment 6 Solutions Mar 29
Integral Domains Assignment 7 Solutions TUESDAY!! April 10

Announcements

*NEW* Office hours for exam period: Mon-Fri from 2 -4 except Thursday April 19. You c\ an also email me to set up another time if you can't make these hours. I have to cancel my office hours for Tuesday Jan 24. I will be available directly after class on Tuesday, if you need to see me before the assignment is due, send me an email and we can find a time that will work! Sorry about the cancellation!

Exciting Downloads

*NEW* Here are the solutions to the final exam. I didn't write detailed solutions and sorry about the first page being all black, I lost another fight with the scanner.

*NEW* A previous year's final exam is now available, I will post solutions after you have had a chance to try it without them. I also have the final list of topics.

Here are solutions to the questions we did in class today..

Here are the solutions to your second midterm..

Here are solutions to the old midterm.. I also have the solution to the harder question from class on March 13th.

Your second midterm is next week and here is some material to help you prepare. First I have a topics list. Everything you need to know is on the list. Second, I have an old midterm from when I taught this class before. Finally, I have a practise midterm from the last time that I taught this course. Some of the material that is on your second midterm was on the first midterm for my previous class. So look at the final questions from the old first midterm. Also we won't have any questions on Cayley's theorem on our midterm.

Here are the solutions to the makeup midterm.

We have a room for tomorrow. We will have an extra problem session tomorrow at 10:00 am in AdHum 347. The problem session will just focus on the midterm.

We will also have a makeup midterm on Tuesday February 28 in CK 188.

Here are the solutions to the midterm. I will talk about the midterm in class on Feb 14.

Okay, you can now have the solutions to the old midterm test.

I have some stuff to help you get ready for the midterm. First I have a list of topics for the midterm. I have a practise midterm that I wrote for this course two years ago and I have the actual midterm test from two years ago. I will post the solutions early next week.

Here are the solutions to most of the questions we did in class on Tuesday January 24th.

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