Math 237

Introduction to

Algebra II

Fall, 2006

Instructor Information
Instructor: Doug Ravenel
Office Hylan 819
Phone 5-4415
Email doug (at) math.rochester.edu
Office hours
  • Tuesday 1:00-3:45
  • By appointment. 


TA Information
TA: Stephen Privitera
Phone 716-200-6348
Email sprivite (at) gmail.com
Office hours Tuesday 6:00-7:00 in
Physics and Astronomy Library


Class Meetings
CRN  Time  Place 
60916

MW 2:00-3:15

 Morey 502 


Links
Our textbook,
Algebra: Pure and Applied
by Aigli Papantonopoulou
Math 236H, Spring 2006
Ruler and compass constructions
Quintic equations
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)
Sample problems for first exam
Answer sheet for first exam
The Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory
The field Q (21/2, 31/2, i) and 24th roots of unity
Sample problems for second exam
Answer sheet for second exam
Answer sheet for second exam makeup
Answer sheet for final exam


Andrew Wiles 1953- Click here for more pictures

 

Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777-1855
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Niels Henrik Abel 1802-1829
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Evariste Galois 1811-1832. Click here for more pictures

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

 
 
 
 
 
 

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