Derek Garton (email and office: gartondw[at]pdx.edu and Fariborz Maseeh Hall (FMH) 468M).
Fariborz Maseeh Hall (FMH) 419, MW, 11:00am–12:15pm.
Mondays 12:30pm–1:30pm, Wednesdays 12:30pm–1:30pm, or by appointment.
Joseph H. Silverman, Abstract Algebra: An Integrated Approach, American Mathematical Society, 2022.
We will build on our group theory knowledge to explore group actions.
We will use group actions to prove some Sylow Theorems and prepare for Galois Theory.
I hope this course will be joyful and interesting to everybody.
It will be challenging and we will support each other.
Please be prepared to take an active, critical, patient, and generous role in your own learning and that of your classmates.
The course schedule records material we cover in class, homework assignments, and important dates.
Homework: 40%
Midterm: 30%
Final: 30%
Engaging with the homework is essential, and it will hopefully require a substantial amount of offline time and effort. Working on the exercises with classmates is an excellent way to enhance your learning. Talking with your instructor is an excellent way to enhance your learning. Writing down examples on your own, looking up definitions in the text on your own, performing computations by hand on your own, and being stuck on your own are all excellent ways to enhance your learning. Any machine-assisted replacements for these things are detrimental to learning.
Portland State has kindly provided a discussion group for this course.
Feel free to use them to talk about math.
These discussion groups serve the role of an email list for the class.
Therefore, you must be a member.
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