Math 236H: Honors Algebra, Spring 2024


Instructor: Alex Iosevich
Office: Hylan 909
E-mail: iosevich@math.rochester.edu
Textbook: John Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra
Office Hours: 10:30-11:30 MW and by appointment
Grading: Homework (%20), Midterm (%30), Quizzes (%10), Final (%40).

Quizzes will be given weekly in class, either on a Monday or a Wednesday, to make sure that the students are keeping up with all the proofs in real time. The two lowest quiz grades will be dropped. The midterm will be given in class. Homework assignments will be given (mostly) weekly, and the two lowest scores will be dropped.

Expectations: I expect every student to come to class with a solid grasp of all the proofs that have been presented in class up to that point.



Homework #1: page 45, problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 10
                          page 46, problems 13, 15, 19, 20
                          page 48, problem 29, 32
                          page 49, problem 35, 40


Homework #2: page 55, problem 12
                         page 56, problem 20
                         page 57, problem 35
                         page 58, problem 43, 51
                         page 66, problem 18, 21
                         page 73, problem 8, 9
                         page 83, problem 8
                         page 84, problem 20, 21



Homework # 3: page 94, problem 5, 6, 17, 18
                          page 96, problem 33, 39
                          page 103, probelm 35, 40, 41
                          page 110, problem 8, 11, 53, 55,
            
                        


Homework # 4: page 111, problem 20, 25
                           page 112, problem 37
                           page 133, problem 8, 9, 10, 16, 18
                           page 134, problem 27
                           page 135, problem 44, 47, 48, 53, 55
                           page 142, problem 9, 13
                           page 143, problem 24, 30, 35, 39
                        
           

Homework # 5: page 152, problem 14, 15, 22, 26
                           page 153, problem 34, 37
                           page 160, problem 11, 12, 13
                           page 164-165, problem 3, 4, 8, 9
                           page 174, problem 6, 7, 9