Professor: W. Stephen Wilson, Krieger 421, wsw@math.jhu.edu
Textbook: Introduction to Abstract Algebra, Fourth Edition by W. Keith Nicholson. ISBN: 978-1-118-13535-8
We seem to be in Krieger 309.
Students in this course are assumed to be serious math majors and will be treated as such. Each week there will be a reading assignment, see below, and a homework assignment due the next Monday at noon. At noon on Monday, there will be an exam each week that is one or more of the homework problems just handed in. In addition, there will be questions that check to see if you have read the assigned material for the week ahead. Your grade will be made up primarily from these exams, which should not be hard if you have done the homework and read the assignment.
After the exam, I will give a summary of the material you were supposed to have read for the week. What is left of Monday and most of Wednesday, will be problems worked in class one way or another. This is somewhat dependent on the personality of the class. On Friday there is a section meeting with the TA. With a whole week to prepare, students should get the homework and be able to do well on the weekly exams.
It is assumed that you know everything before section 4.4. If you are aware of gaps in your knowledge, do something about it.
Week # 1, begins Jan 26, Read sections 4.4 and 4.5. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Feb 2.
Week # 2, begins Feb 2, Read sections 4.6 and 6.1. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Feb 9.
Week # 3, begins Feb 9, Read sections 6.2 and 6.3. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Feb 16.
Week # 4, begins Feb 16, Read sections 6.4 and 6.5. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Feb 23.
Week # 5, begins Feb 23, Read sections 6.6 and 8.1. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Mar 2.
Week # 6, begins Mar 2, Read sections 8.2 and 8.3. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Mar 9.
Week # 7, begins Mar 9, Read section 8.4. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Mar 23.
Mar 16-20, Spring break.
Week # 8, begins Mar 23, Read sections 8.5 and 8.6. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Mar 30.
Week # 9, begins Mar 30, Read sections 9.1 and 9.2. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Apr 6.
Week # 10, begins Apr 6, Read section 10.1. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Apr 13.
Week # 11, begins Apr 13, Read section 10.2. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Apr 20.
Week # 12, begins Apr 20, Read section 10.3. Homework and exam due at noon on Monday, Apr 27.
Week # 13, begins Apr 27, Read section 10.4. Note this is not a normal week.