Math 237
Introduction to Algebra II
Fall, 2008

Instructor Information

Instructor:

Doug Ravenel

Office

Hylan 819

Phone

5-4415

Email

Office hours

  • Tuesday 1:00-3:45  

  • By appointment. 

TA Information

TA:

Daniel DaSilva

Email

Recitation

Tuesday 6:00-7:00 pm
Hylan 1106A

Class Meetings

CRN 

Time 

Place 
64507

MW 2:00-3:15

Goergen 109 

Links

Our textbook,
Algebra: Pure and Applied
by Aigli Papantonopoulou

Math 236H, Spring 2006

Math 237, Fall 2006

Math 236H, Spring 2008

The tragic life of Evariste Galois, 1811-1832

Ruler and compass constructions

Origami constructions

Quintic equations

Fermat's last theorem

Gauss page

Sophie Germain page

Ramanujan page

Alan Turing page

The Abel Prize and Fields Medal

Biographies of mathematicians

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search

Research Experience for Undergraduates
Summer Programs

Handouts

The Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory

Subtitles for
German video on Galois theory

The field Q (21/2, 31/2, i) and 24th roots of unity

Galois groups of even quartic polynomials

Sample problems for 2006 first exam

Answer sheet for 2006 first exam

2008 first exam

Answer sheet for 2008 first exam

Sample problems for 2006 second exam

Answer sheet for 2006 second exam

2008 second exam without answers

Answer sheet for 2008 second exam

Answer sheet for 2006 second exam makeup

Answer sheet for 2006 final exam

2008 final exam

Answer sheet for 2008 final exam

Evariste Galois 1811-1832. Click here for more pictures

Andrew Wiles 1953- Click here for more pictures

 

Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777-1855 Click here for more pictures . 

 

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

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

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