MATH 3500---Algebra I

Meets: MWF 9–9:50pm in BU 209
Instructor: Eric Moorhouse, Ross 6³=216, 766-4394.

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

Our Final Exam is scheduled for 8:00-10:00am on Fri Dec 13 in our usual classroom (BU 209). A sample exam is posted below.

Lecture slides, videos and computer sessions
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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
Read the handouts
- Reading and Writing Proofs
- Mathematical Induction
- A Quick Review of Linear Algebra
- Basic Properties of the Integers
- Sets and Cardinality
Maple Resources
- See this advice for configuring your Maple session
- Three sample Maple programs
- Remote access to MAPLE. You can of course use Mathematica, Sage or Matlab instead, according to your personal preference.
HW1 Due 5:00pm Mon Sept 25 on WyoCourses. Solutions. Average: 57/80
A list of some topics covered in class, with corresponding page numbers in the textbook. This list will be growing over the coming days.
HW2 Due 5:00pm Thurs Oct 26 on WyoCourses. Solutions. Average: 36/60
Sample Test in preparation for the test on Monday, October 30 during class time. (Do not look at the solutions until after you have worked through the Sample Test for yourself.)
Test (Mon Oct 30). Solutions. Average: 68/100
HW3 Due 5:00pm Wed Dec 6 on WyoCourses. Solutions. Average: 61/100
Sample Exam. (Do not look at the solutions until after you have worked through the Sample Exam for yourself.)
Exam and solutions

/ revised December, 2023