Math 236H Introduction to Algebra I

(Honors Section)

Spring, 2008

Instructor Information
Instructor: Doug Ravenel
Office Hylan 819
Phone 5-4415
Email
Office hours Tuesday 3:00-4:00
Friday 2:00-3:30


TA Information
TA: Justin Sukiennik
Phone
Email


Class Meetings
CRN 58839 Time  Place 
Lectures

MW 2:00-3:15

 Hylan 201 
Workshops

Sunday 5:00-6:30 pm
Monday 7:00-8:30 pm

 Hylan 1106A
Hylan 1106A


Links you should look at
Our textbook,
A First Course in Abstract Algebra, Seventh Edition
by John B. Fraleigh
Cayley Graphs
Wallpaper groups
Burnside's formula
Fermat's last theorem
The Abel Prize and Fields Medal
Sophie Germain Page
The 18th-century woman who assumed a man's identity in order to pursue her passion for mathematics
Biographies of mathematicians
Life stories of hundreds of mathematicians across the centuries.
Click on "Full Mac Tutor biography" after finding the person you want.
Mathematical Aphrodisiac
You have to try this.
Archimedes Palimpsest Page
How medieval monks almost destroyed a priceless mathematical treasure.
Andre Weil's review of Eisenstein's collected works, including his fairy tale about Eisenstein's birth.


Handouts

(you will need Adobe Acrobat to read these)
Homework assignment 3
(The first two homework assignments are on the syllabus page.)
Homework assignment 4
Homework assignment 6
Group project on wallpaper groups
due at noon, Friday March 7
Homework assignment 11
Exams page


Sophie Germain 1776-1831
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Andrew Wiles 1953-
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Leonhard Euler 1707-1783
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Euler is also depicted
on an old version of the  
Swiss 10 franc note. 

 

Niels Henrik Abel 1802-1829
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Evariste Galois 1811-1832.
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Pierre de Fermat 1601-1665.
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