Math 26, Spring 2008

Groups, Rings, and Fields

General Information
Instructor:

Rob Benedetto
Office: Seeley Mudd 403
Phone: 8562
Email: rlb at cs dot amherst dot edu
or
rlbenedetto at amherst dot edu
Office Hours: Mon 1-3 PM
Tues 1-2 PM
or by appointment
Class Meetings: MTWF 10-10:50 AM, Seeley Mudd 204
Text: D.Saracino, Abstract Algebra: A First Course,
Waveland Press 1992 (technically, copyright 1980)
Problem Sets
Problem Set Rules


Handouts, etc.
(in PDF format; view and/or print with Adobe Acrobat)
Most of these are handouts from class.
If you lost any of yours, you can get them here.
Others (like the solutions to tests)
were not handed out in class and are only available here.
Course Info/Syllabus (From Day One)
Solutions to Selected Problems from PS 3
Review Sheet for Exam 1
Midterm Exam 1
Solutions to Midterm Exam 1
Handout on Cauchy's Theorem
Handout on Group Automorphisms
Review Sheet for Exam 2
Midterm Exam 2
Solutions to Midterm Exam 2
Handout on Norms
(Take-Home) Final Exam
Solutions to the Final Exam

Exam Information
Midterm 1 Tuesday, March 4, in class
Midterm 2 Tuesday, April 15, in class
Final Due
Thursday, May 15,
1 PM SHARP

(take-home)