Math 236H Introduction to Algebra I
(Honors Section)

Spring, 2006

Instructor Information
Instructor: Doug Ravenel
Office Hylan 819
Phone 5-4415
Email doug (at) math.rochester.edu
Office hours
  • Monday and
    Wednesday 3:30-5:00
  • Friday 2:00-4:00
  • By appointment. 


TA Information
TA: Stephen Privitera
Phone 716-200-6348
Email stephen.privitera (at) rochester.edu


Class Meetings
CRN  Time  Place 
46735

MW 2:00-3:15

 Hylan 201 


Links
Our textbook,
A First Course in Abstract Algebra, Seventh Edition
by John B. Fraleigh
Cayley Graphs
Wallpaper groups
Fermat's last theorem
The Abel Prize and Fields Medal
Biographies of mathematicians


Handouts

(you will need Adobe Acrobat or a 
dvi driver to read some of these)


Andrew Wiles 1953- Click here for more pictures

 

Leonhard Euler 1707-1783
Click here for more pictures . 
Euler is also depicted on an older version of the  
Swiss 10 franc note . 

 

Niels Henrik Abel 1802-1829
Click here for more pictures . 

Evariste Galois 1811-1832. Click here for more pictures

Pierre de Fermat 1601-1665. Click here for more pictures

 
 
 
 
 
 

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