Math 500, Abstract Algebra I, Autumn 2004
My information:
Thomas Nevins
235 Illini Hall
217.265.6762
nevins@uiuc.edu
Office hours: Mondays, 10 - 11 (Math 500 only); Wednesdays, 1 - 2 (both my classes); Fridays 1 - 2 (open).
Syllabus
Useful references:
- W. Burnside, Theory of groups of finite order, Dover, 1955 (reprint of 1911 edition).
- J. L. Alperin and R. Bell, Groups and representations, Springer, 1995.
- M. Burrow, Representation theory of finite groups, Dover 1993 (reprint of 1971 edition).
- M. Atkinson ed., Computational group theory, Academic Press, 1984.
- D. L. Johnson, Presentation of groups, Cambridge UP, 1976.
- D. L. Johnson, Topics in the theory of group presentations, Cambridge UP, 1980.
- Hungerford, Algebra, Springer, 1974.
- Herstein, Topics in algebra, Wiley, 1975.
- Lang, Algebra, Addison-Wesley, 1993.
- Rotman, Advanced modern algebra, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
- Rotman, Galois theory, Springer, 1998.
- L. Gaal, Classical Galois theory (with examples), Chelsea, 1988.
- E. Artin, Galois theory, Notre Dame Press, 1959.
- D. Marcus, Number fields, Springer, 1977.
- G. A. Miller, ``On the product of two substitutions,'' Amer. J. Math. 22 (1900), no. 2, 185--190.
- J. C. Wilson, ``A principal ideal ring that is not a
Euclidean ring,'' Math. Mag. 46 (1973), no. 1, 34--38.
- K. S. Williams, ``Note on non-Euclidean principal ideal domains,'' Math. Mag. 48 (1975), no. 3, 176--177.
- L.-C. Kappe and B. Warren, ``An elementary test for
the Galois group of a quartic polynomial,'' Amer. Math. Monthly
96 (1989), no. 2, 133--137.
- J. McKay, ``On computing discriminants,''
Amer. Math. Monthly 94 (1987), no. 6, 523--527.
Homework:
First homework assignment, PDF or PS due Wednesday, September 8.
Second homework assignment, PDF or PS, due Wednesday, September 15.
Third homework assignment, PDF or PS, due Wednesday, September 29.
Fourth homework assignment, PDF or PS, due Monday, October 18.
Fifth homework assignment, PDF or PS, due Wednesday, October 27.
Sixth homework assignment, PDF or PS, due Friday, November 5.
Seventh homework assignment, PDF or PS, due Wednesday, November 17.
Eighth homework assignment, PDF or PS, due Wednesday, December 8.
Nineth homework assignment, PDF or PS.
Some solutions to recent problems.
Lecture notes:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Correspondence Theorem
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
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