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Gábor Hetyei
Office: Fretwell 335F, Phone: 867-2543, E-mail: ghetyei@uncc.edu
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Office hours:
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Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-4:00 pm
or by appointment.
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| Text: |
Modern Algebra, An Introduction, John R. Durbin, John Wiley
& Sons, Inc., 2000. (Fourth Edition).
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| Prerequisite: |
MATH 1242 or MATH 2164 with a grade of C or better or consent of the
department.
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Topics:
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- Mappings and Operations (Chapter I)
- Introduction to Groups (Chapter II)
- Equivalence, Congruence, Divisibility (Chapter III)
- Groups (Chapter IV, Sections 14-18)
- Rings: Definition and Examples (Chapter VI, Section 24)
- The Familiar Number Systems (Chapter VII)
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Test Dates:
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Test I
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Thursday February 15, 9:30-10:50 am
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Test II
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Tuesday April 3, 9:30-10:50 am.
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| Final Exam |
Thursday May 3, 8:00-11:00 am
(Double-check in the
Spring Schedule of Classes !) |
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| Homework: |
Homework will be handed in nearly every week, and will be usually due on
Tuesday.
I will make an effort to regularly post the homework on the webpage
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~ghetyei/courses/3163/hw.html
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In case of discrepancy, what I said in class is "official".
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| Evaluation: |
Grades will be based on: 25% for the homework, 21
% for each of the tests, and 33 % for the final.
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Class meeting: |
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:50 am in Denny 203.
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Homepage: |
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~ghetyei/courses/3163/index.html
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