Meets:    MWF 9–9:50am in AS 210
Instructor:    Eric Moorhouse,   Ross 6³=216

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

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Handouts/Links

•   Lecture slides, videos and computer sessions
•   Students Frequently Ask Me ...
•   UW Code of Conduct
•   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, Wed Sept 30 on WyoCourses.   Solutions.   Average: 90/90
•   HW2   Due 5:00pm, Fri Oct 30 on WyoCourses.   Solutions.   Average: 83/90
•   Sample Test.   (Do not read the solutions until after you have worked through these problems for yourself.)

/ revised October, 2026