Office hours:M4:30-5:30 W3:30-4:30 and by appt (just talk to me after class, or call or email)
Office: APM 5256, tel. (858) 534-2734
Teaching assistant: Sittipong (Kuang) Thamrongpairoj email: sithamro@ucsd.edu office hours: T9-11am, W1:30-3:30pm, office APM6434
Option 1: homework (10%), 2 midterms (20% each) and the final (50%).
Option 2: homework (10%), the better of the 2 midterms (30%) and the final (60%).
For both options we will drop your worst homework score for the homework component. There are no make-up exams. If you miss a midterm, we will automaticall use Option 2.
Tentative Syllabus We will primarily study groups, roughly covering chapters 0 until 10 or 11, and perhaps a chapter or two of part 3 (special topics). The following is a tentative syllabus, which probably will be modified a few times during the course.
| Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jan 7
Chap 0 (Review) |
Jan 8
No discussion
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Jan 9
Chap 0 (Review) |
Jan 11
Chap 2
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| 2 |
Jan 14
Chap 1 |
Jan 15
Discussion
|
Jan 16
Chap 3 |
Jan 18
Chap 3
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| 3 |
Jan 22
Discussion
|
Jan 23
Chap 4 |
Jan 25
Chap 5
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| 4 |
Jan 28
Chap 5 |
Jan 29
Discussion
|
Jan 30
Chap 5apps |
Feb 1
Chap 6
|
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| 5 |
Feb 4
Chap 5/6 |
Feb 5
Discussion
|
Feb 6
Exam 1
|
Feb 8
Chap 6
|
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| 6 |
Feb 11
Chap 6/7
| Feb 12
Discussion
|
Feb 13
Chap 7 |
Feb 15
Chap 9
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| 7 |
Feb 19
Discussion
|
Feb 20
Chap 8 |
Feb 22
Chap 8 |
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| 8 |
Feb 25
Chap 10 |
Feb 26
Discussion
|
Feb 27
Exam 2
|
Mar 1
Chap 10 |
|
| 9 |
Mar 4
Chap 10 |
Mar 5
Discussion
| Mar 6
Chap 10 |
Mar 8
Chap 10 |
|
| 10 | Mar 11
Chap 8
|
Mar 12
Discussion
| Mar 13
Applications |
Mar 15
Catch-up |
|
| 11 | Mar 18
Final Exam
11:30am-2:30pm |
Homework assignments
Homeworks need to be turned in on or before the stated date, usually a Wednesday, by 8pm. No homework needs to be turned in in weeks when a midterm is scheduled. However, some of the listed problems may also be part of the material being asked for the midterm. It is very important that you do the homework problems as most of the exam problems will be variations of homework problems.
Disclaimer: I will try to get the homework assignment on the net in time. Due to time and other limitations, this may not always be possible. The fact that there is no assignment posted for a particular date does therefore NOT necessarily mean that no homework is due.for Jan 16: Chapter 0: 4, 8, 12, 16, 18, 28, 38
for Jan 23: Chapter 2: p. 54: 4, 5, 9, 10, 13, 21, 23(try induction), 27, 29, Chapter 3: p. 69: 2, 4,
for Jan 30: Chapter 4: p. 85-87: 1, 2, 4, 12, 13, 22, 32, 34, click on additional problem
for Feb 6: (need not be turned in, but could be relevant for midterm) Chapter 4: p. 89-90: 67, 69, 70, Chapter 5: p. 112: 1, 2, 4, 5ab, Review: What are the elements of U(11)? Is it cyclic?
Midterm 1: The first midterm will take place this Wednesday in class. The material will go until what is covered in the last assignment. You are allowed to use one hand-written cheat sheet, but no calculators, books or other notes. You will not need a bluebook, but bring scratch paper.
Extra office hour: Tu: 3:30-4:30
for Feb 13: Chapter 5, p. 113-115: 6, 8cde, 10, 11, 28, 29, 32, 37, 39, 40
relevant for midterm (need not be turned in): Chapter 7, pages 150-152: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 20, 29, 30
Midterm 2: The second midterm will take place this Wednesday in class. The material will primarily go over what we covered from Chapters 5, 6 and 7. So you should make sure you understand all the definitions and assigned problems from these chapters. The same rules hold as for the first midterm: You are allowed to use one hand-written cheat sheet, but no calculators, books or other notes. You will not need a bluebook, but bring scratch paper.
for March 6: Chapter 9, p. 188-189: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10(a), 14, 17, 18
for March 13: Chapter 9, p. 189: 19, 22, 27, Chapter 10, p. 207: 25, 26, 27, 39, Chapter 8: 8, 10, 12 (3 groups, not four), not to be turned in but relevant for final: 18, 22, 29, 30
Review exercises from Chapter 6: 1, 4, 5, 16, 26