Meets:    MWF 10–10:50am in BU 24
Instructor:    Eric Moorhouse,   Ross 6³=216.

Textbook:  Shahriari, Algebra in Action: A Course in Groups, Rings and Fields, AMS, 2017.

The final exam is scheduled for 10:15am-12:15pm on Fri May 15 in our usual classroom (BU 24). See the sample exam below.

Handouts/Links

•   Lecture slides, videos and computer sessions
•   Students Frequently Ask Me ...
•   Students and Teachers Working Together (UW policy on the rights and responsibilities of students and teachers)
•   UW Policy on Academic Honesty
•   Syllabus / Policies
•   Shahriari's video presentations based on our textbook.  The first 16 lectures from this playlist are relevant to our course.
•   Watch my instructional videos
  • Advice for Learning Mathematics
  • Equivalence Relations
  • Complex Numbers
  • Sets
  • Cardinality
  • Logic
  • Mathematical Induction
•   Read the handouts
  • Reading and Writing Proofs
  • Mathematical Induction
  • A Quick Review of Linear Algebra
  • Basic Properties of the Integers
  • Sets and Cardinality
  • Complex Numbers
•   HW1 due 5:00pm, Wednesday, February 11 on WyoCourses.   Solutions.   Average: 55/77
•   HW2 due 5:00pm, Friday, March 6 on WyoCourses.   Solutions.   Average: 68/100
•   Test based on the first half of the semester (up to and including Mar 6, 2026).   Sample Test.   Do not read the solutions until after you have worked through the sample test for yourself.
•   Test Mon Mar 30.   Solutions.   Average: 50/100.
•   HW3 due 5:00pm, Monday, April 20 on WyoCourses (originally Fri Apr 17).   Solutions (very soon!).   Average: 88/120 (73%)
•   HW4 due 5:00pm, Friday, May 8 on WyoCourses.   Solutions.   Average: 97/140 (69%)
•   Sample Exam in preparation for the Final Exam.   Do not look at the solutions until after you have worked on these problems for yourself!

/ revised April, 2026