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Text

Artin, M. Algebra. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1991. ISBN: 0130047635.

The exercises listed below point to the text and are a suggestion from the professor to the students in every given lecture. These exercises were not turned in and were not corrected.

SES # TOPICS READINGS EXERCISES
1 Groups and Subgroups, Matrix Groups Chapter 2, Sections 1, 2 Chapter 1, 1.7, 2.12; Chapter 2, 1.4, 1.10, 2.3, 2.7
2 Cyclic Groups, Permutations Chapter 2, Section 2,
Chapter 6, Sections 6 up to 6.10
Chapter 1, 4.5; Chapter 2, 1.1b, 2.1, 2.19; Chapter 6, 6.4, 6.9
3 Generators, Isomorphisms Chapter 2, Section 3 Chapter 2, 3.1, 3.4, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12; Chapter 6, 6.2
4 Homomorphisms Chapter 2, Sections 4, 5, 6 Chapter 2, 4.1, 4.3, 4.6, 4.16
5 Cosets Chapter 2, Sections 4, 5, 6 Chapter 2, 4.21, 5.3, 5.6, 6.7, 6.12
6 Modular Arithmetic Chapter 2, Sections 9, 10 Chapter 2, 9.2, 9.5, 9.6, 9.8
7 Quotient Groups Chapter 2, Sections 8, 10 Chapter 2, 6.4, 8.3, 10.8, 10.6
8 Fields and Vector Spaces Chapter 3, Sections 1, 2 Chapter 3, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.5, 2.8, 2.10
9 Bases and Dimension Chapter 3, Section 3 Chapter 3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.11
10 Computation with Bases Chapter 3, Section 4 Chapter 3, 4.1–4.3, 4.12
11 The Dimension Formula Chapter 4, Section 1, 2 Chapter 4, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5
12 First Quiz
13 Linear Operators, Eigenvectors Chapter 4, Section 3 Chapter 4, 3.1, 3.3–3.5, 3.8
14 The Characteristic Polynomial Chapter 4, Section 4, 6 Chapter 4, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 6.5c, d, 6.7
15 Rotations Chapter 4, Section 5 Chapter 4, 5.1–5.3, 5.5, 5.8
16 Isometries Chapter 4, Section 5,
Chapter 5, Sections 1, 2
Chapter 4, 5.13, Chapter 5, 1.3a, c, 2.1, 2.2, 2.9
17 Isometries of the Plane Chapter 5, Sections 1, 2 Chapter 5, 1.1a, c, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.9
18 Finite Groups of Motions Chapter 5, Section 3 Chapter 5, 3.1–3.3, 3.6, 4.1
19 Discrete Groups Chapter 5, Section 4 Chapter 5, 4.2–4.4, 4.6, 4.11
20 Discrete Groups (cont.) Chapter 5, Section 4 Chapter 5, 4.8–4.10, 4.12, 4.13
21 Group Operations Chapter 5, Sections 5, 6, 7 Chapter 5, 5.3, 5.8, 6.1, 6.5, 7.1–7.3
22 Finite Rotation Groups Chapter 5, Section 9 Chapter 5, 9.2–9.5, 9.6a, 9.7
23 The Class Equation Chapter 6, Section 1 Chapter 6, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4–1.6
24 Permutation Representations Chapter 5, Section 8 Chapter 5, 8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 9.6b
25 The Icosahedral Group Chapter 6, Section 2 Chapter 6, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5
26 Second Quiz
27 Bilinear Forms Chapter 7, Sections 1, 2 Chapter 7, 1.2–1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.7
28 Symmetric Forms Chapter 7, Section 3 Chapter 7, 2.9, 2.10, 2.21, 3.2, 3.11
29 Hermitian Forms Chapter 7, Section 4 Chapter 7, 4.2, 4.5, 5.8, 4.10, 4.15, 4.18
30 The Spectral Theorem Chapter 7, Section 5 Chapter 7, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5a, 5.7, 5.16
31 Quadrics Chapter 7, Section 6 Chapter 7, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4
32 The Special Unitary Group SU2 Chapter 8, Sections 1, 2 Chapter 8, 1.1, 1.5, 2.1–2.3, 2.5
33 The Rotation Group Chapter 8, Section 3 Chapter 8, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.10
34 One-parameter Groups Chapter 4, Section 8,
Chapter 8, Section 5
Chapter 8, 5.2–5.4, 5.6
35 One-parameter Groups (cont.) Chapter 8,  5.5, 5.7, 5.9
36 The Lie Algebra Chapter 8, Section 6 Chapter 8, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5–6.7
37 Third Quiz
38 Simple Groups Chapter 8, Section 7 Chapter 8, 7.1a, b, d, 7.2, 7.10
39 The Alternating Groups Chapter 6, Section 6 Chapter 6, 6.3, 6.6, 6.11, 6.13