Week-of	Topics	Assignments
Sep 4-6	Class starts: Thursday 5th. 2.3 Divisibility 2.4 Primes, GCDs	2.3: # 3--9 odd, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 40 2.4: # 2abc, 3cd, 10, 21, 33, 34
Sep 9-13	2.5 Congruence of integers 2.6 Congruence classes	2.5: # 1--15 odd, 27, 28 2.6: # 1abcd, 2ab, 3abd, 4abc, 5abg, 6ac, 7ac, 8bde, 16, 18, 20--23
Sep 16-20	1.6 Matrices 1.4 Binary operations	1.6: # 3, 9--12, 14, 16, 30, 31 1.4: # 1abcd, 2abcd, 3--6, 7--8, 12--13
Sep 23-27	3.1 Definition of a group 3.2 Properties of group elements	3.1: # 1--7, 11--15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29 3.2: # 1--6, 11--15, 17, 19--20
Sep30-Oct4	3.3 Subgroups 3.4 Cyclic groups 3.5 Isomorphisms	3.3: # 2, 3, 6a, 7a, 8, 13ac, 14ab, 17, 18a, 29, 30, 33, 40, 41 3.4: # 2, 5, 7, 8, 9ac, 10c, 11ac, 12a, 16, 18c, 23ab, 25, 27--28 3.5: # 1--4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 24, 26
Oct 7-11	3.6 Homomorphisms 4.1 Finite permutation groups	3.6: # 1--5, 8, 9, 11, 15--18 4.1: # 1-10abc, 14
Oct 15-18	4.4 Cosets of a subgroup Exam I: Thursday Oct 17th.	4.4: # 3, 7, 8, 12, 19, 20--22, 24
Oct 21-25	4.5 Normal subgroups 4.6 Quotient groups	4.5: # 1c, 32, 2, 4, 6, 22, 25, 29--30, 33 4.6: # 3, 7, 18--19, 21, 30, 34, 37
Oct28-Nov1	4.7 Direct Sums 5.1 Definition of a ring	4.7: # 1, 3, 7, 16--17, 19 5.1: # 1ab, 2abcdf, 7, 8, 10, 14ac, 16, 23--25, 27, 30, 39, 47--48
Nov 4-8	5.2 Integral domains and fields 6.1 Ideals and quotient rings	5.2: # 1abeg, 2, 8, 11, 15--16, 18, 21, 23 6.1: # 1, 3--4, 6--8, 11--15, 19acd, 20--21, 26--27, 31
Nov 12-15	6.2 Ring homomorphisms 6.3 The characteristic of a ring	6.2: # 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 21--22, 24, 25a 6.3: # 1--4, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20
Nov 18-22	6.4 Maximal ideals 8.1 Polynomials over a ring	6.4: # 1--5, 9--11, 13--15, 19, 21--25, 27--28 8.1: # 3, 5--7, 10--12, 14, 16--18
Nov 25-29	Exam II: Tuesday Nov 26th. Happy Thanksgiving day!
Dec 2-6	8.2 Polynomial divisibility 8.3 Factorization in F[x]	8.2: # 1, 4, 21, 33--34 8.3: # 1, 2, 5, 6
Dec 17th.	Final!	8:00--11:00 AM