Math 371 Home Page, Fall 2004
Instructor:
Ching-Li Chai
Office: DRL 4N36, Ext. 8-8469.
Office Hours: Mondays 10-11, Wednesdays 11-12.
Email:chai@math.upenn.edu
Teaching Assistant:
Stefano Guerra
Office: DRL 2C9, Ext. 3-0033.
Email:guerras@math.upenn.edu
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Syllabus outline
Notes and Homework Assignment
General Information about Math 371:
- Lecture class meetings are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
from 11:00 to 12:00 in DRL 4C6.
- Lab sessions are on
Mondays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in DRL 4C6.
The lab is an integral part of this course; attendance is required.
- This is the second half of a year-long course on algebra, sequel to
Math370. A similar, but more theoretical, sequence is Math 502-Math 503.
- Rigor is a basic tenet of this course. The students are expected to
learn the language of rigorous mathematics, and to differentiate
complete proofs from arguments with gaps.
The ability to write coherent mathematical proofs is necessary
to achieve a passing grade .
- The materials include group actions,
rings, ideals, factorization, modules, canonical forms,
Sylow's theorems.
See an outline of the syllabus.
The materials include linear algebra and group theory,
corresponding to Chapters 2, 3, 4 and part of chapters 5, 6
of Artin's book.
Concrete examples will be emphasized.
- Advice and background knowledge required
- Text book: Algebra, by Michael Artin.
- Announcement, homework assignment, notes, sample problems,
solutions will all be posted on web. No hard copies will be distributed.
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Basic Ground Rules:
- The Final grade is based on: Final Exam (30%), Midterm Exams (30%)
and everything else (40%).
"Everything else" consists of regular homework,
participation and performance in the lab sessions.
- Homeworks
- Homeworks will be assigned each week.
They are due in the lab sessions the following week.
Follow this link to see the
assigned problems.
- Your works should contain complete, rigorous and
logically correct proofs.
(A reminder: The usual rules of English grammar also apply in
mathematical writing.)
- You are encourage to work in groups and discuss with each other.
But the work you hand in MUST BE YOUR OWN WRITE-UP.
- Homeworks will be spot graded and returned in the following
lab session. Answers to selected problems will be posted.
- LATE WORK will NEVER be accepted.
- Lab Sessions
- The lab session is an integral part of this course. Attendance is
required.
- Students will be required to present their works during the lab sessions.
This is a part of the training to construct and communicate
mathematically correct proofs.
- Homeworks will be collected during lab sessions.
- Official
rules governing final examinations
Grading notes: At the end of the semester, everyone who has
not withdrawn from the class will get a grade.
Incompletes will not be given to avoid F's.
Info pages for undergraduate math:
Semester Calendar:
- First Day of Classes: Wednesday, September 8, 2004
- Add period ends: Friday, September 24, 2004
- Drop period ends: Friday, October 15, 2004
- Midterm: Wednesday, October 20 (tentative)
- Spring term break: Monday- Tuesday, October 25-26, 2004
- Thansgiving: Thursday-Friday, November 25-26
- Last day of classes: Friday, December 10, 2004
- Reading period: Sat.-Tues., December 11-14, 2004
- Final Exam: Tuesday, December 21, 11:0-1:00, 2004 (tentative)
Some Advice
Syllabus outline
Notes and Homework Assignment