Meets:    MWF 9–9:50am in AG 4021
Instructor:    Eric Moorhouse,   Ross 6³=216

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

The (final) Exam is scheduled for 8:00-10:00am, Wednesday, December 10, in our usual classroom (AG 4021).   A list of (optional) practice problems is now available 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
•   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, including the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
•   Access to Mathematica for UW students.  Although it is possible to access Mathematica from a UW campus computer lab, it is recommended that you download the Wolfram Mathematica software onto your computer for remote use.
•   Our Sample Mathematica Notebook demonstrated in a class last semester
•   HW1   due 5:00pm on Fri Sept 26.   Solutions.   Average: 96/100
•   HW2   due 5:00pm on Wed Oct 29. (Revised: #6(c) has been deleted.)   Solutions.   Average: 111/100
•   Test on Monday, November 10 during class (9-9:50am in AG 4021). This will cover only the material covered in class prior to our discussion of field characteristic (October 27).
  • Sample Test
  • Do not read the solutions until after you have worked through the sample test yourself.
  • Test Average 71/100.   Solutions
•   HW3   due 5:00pm on Wed Dec 3.   Solutions.   Average: 62/65
•   A Taste of Galois Theory
•   Optional Practice Problems in preparation for the final exam. Do not read the solutions until after you have worked through the practice problems for yourself.
•   Solutions to the Exam.   Average: 63/100

/ revised December, 2025