Instructor:  Markus Schmidmeier
Course:  Modern Algebra
Spring 2018

Modern Algebra  ---  Homework assignments

All problem numbers refer to our textbook by Charles C. Pinter, Abstract Algebra

Textbook
Sections

Problems
 

due
 

Chapter 2: Operations, Chapter 3: Groups 2A/ 2, 4; 2B/ 2, 4; 2C/ 1, 2, 4; 3A/ 1, 2. Thursday, January 11
Chapter 3: Coding, Chapter 4: Group properties 3F/ 1, 4, 5, 6; 3G/ 1, 2, 3, 4; 4A/ 2, 4. Thursday, January 18
Chapter 4: Group properties, small groups 4B/ 2, 4; 4C/ 2, 4; 4F/ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Thursday, January 25
Chapter 5: Subgroups, coding 5B/ 2, 3; 5C/ 1, 3; 5D/ 3; 5F/ 2; 5H/ 1, 2, 5, 6. Thursday, February 1
Chapter 6: Functions, Chapter 7: Permutations 6B/ 1; 6C/ 4, 5, 6; 6E/ 2; 7A/ 2, 4; 7B/ 2, 4; 7F/ 2, 4. Thursday, February 8
Chapter 8: Permutations 8A/ 2, 4; 8B/ 2, 4; 8C/ 2, 4; 8D/ 2, 4. Thursday, February 15
Chapter 9: Isomorphic or not? 9A/ 2, 3; 9B/ 2; 9C/ 2 with G = {1, i, -1, -i}, 4, 6; 9D/ 2; 9E/ 1, 3, 4. Thursday, February 22
Chapter 10: Order of elements 10A/ 2; 10B/ 2, 4, 6; 10C/ 2, 4, 6; 10D/ 3, 4. Thursday, March 1
Chapters 11, 12: Cyclic groups, equivalence relation 10G/ 1, 2; 11B/ 2, 4; 11C/ 1, 2; 12B/ 2, 4; 12D/ 1, 2, 4. Thursday, March 15
Chapter 13: Cosets, Lagrange's Theorem 13A/ 1, 2, 4, 5; 13B/ 2; 13C/ 2, 3; 13E/ 1; 13F/ 1, 2, 3. Thursday, March 22
Chapter 13: Lagrange's Theorem, Coding revisited 13C/ 1, 2, 3 (determine all groups of order 4 up to isomorphy); 13D/ 1, 2; 13K/ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Thursday, March 29
Chapter 14: Homomorphisms 14A/ 2, 5; 14B/ 1, 2; 14C/ 1, 3; 14D/ 1, 3. Thursday, April 5
Chapter 14: Normal subgroups, Chapter 15: Quotients 14D/ 1, 2, 3; 14G/ 1, 2, 3; 15A/ 1, 2, 3; 15B/ 1, 2, 3. Thursday, April 12

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