Math 103a Fall 2012

Instructors


Professor:


Name Office E-mail Phone Office Hours Lecture Time Lecture Place
Prof. Daniel Rogalski AP&M 5131 drogalsk@math.ucsd.edu 534-4421 M 11am-12pm, W 2pm-3pm MWF 10-10:50am HSS 1128A

Teaching Assistant:

Name Office E-mail Office Hours Section Times Section Place
Zezhou (David) Zhang AP&M 6452 z9zhang@ucsd.edu Tu 10-11am, W 3-4pm Tu 9-9:50am AP&M B412

Syllabus

The Course syllabus contains all of the details about grading, course policies, and so on---please read it thoroughly.


Calendar Fall Quarter 2012

Note: The schedule of lectures is approximate and is subject to revision during the term. Chapter numbers refer to Gallian, Contemporary Abstract Algebra.

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
0
 Sep 24 
Sep 26  Sep 27
First day
of classes
 Sep 28
Chap 0 (Review)
1
 Oct 1
Chap 0 (Review)
 Oct 2
Discussion
 Oct 3
Chap 2
   Oct 5
Chap 2
2
 Oct 8
Chap 1
 Oct 9
Discussion
 Oct 10
Chap 3
   Oct 12
Chap 3
3
 Oct 15
Chap 4
 Oct 16
Discussion
 Oct 17
Chap 4
  Oct 19
Chap 6
4
 Oct 22 Oct 23
Discussion
 Oct 24
Chap 7
  Oct 26
Chap 7
Last Day to
Drop w/o 'W'
5
 Oct 29
Chap 5
 Oct 30
Discussion
 Oct 31
Chap 5
  Nov 2
Chap 5
6
 Nov 5
Chap 7
 Nov 6
Discussion
 Nov 7
Chap 8
   Nov 9
Chap 8
7
 Nov 12
Veteran's Day
No Class
 Nov 13
Discussion
 Nov 14   Nov 16
Chap 9
8
 Nov 19
Chap 9
Nov 20
Discussion
 Nov 21
Chap 9
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
9
 Nov 26
Chap 10
 Nov 27
Discussion
 Nov 28
Chap 10
   Nov 30
Chap 11
Last Day to
Drop w/o 'F'
10 Dec 3
Group theory and puzzles
 Dec 4
Discussion
 Dec 5
Group theory and puzzles
   Dec 7
Course Recap
11         Dec 14
Final Exam
8am-11am

Practice exams for Midterm 1



Old Exam 1     Solutions

Old Exam 2     Solutions
(On this exam, ignore problem 4(b) which is about something we are not covering prior to exam 1.)

Old Exam 3
(On this exam, ignore problem 2 which is an application of the Euclidean algorithm--- this is a topic related to Chapter 0 which we did not cover this year.)

Practice exams for Midterm 2



Old Exam 1     Solutions

Old Exam 2
(Some of the problems on this midterm have to do with Chapter 8 material.)

Practice final exam and review sheet



Sample Final

Review Sheet