Mathematics 110B

Winter Quarter 2008
M W (Th) F from 10:00AM to 10:50AM
Lectures at MS 5137

Instructor: Haruzo HIDA
Office: MS 6308
Phone: 63382

Teaching Assistants: BRAKOCEVIC, MILJAN; TA office hour: see his personal webpage: html.
Text: Abstract Algebra, second edition, by T. W. Hungerford
Chapters 7 and 8
Office Hours:Tentatively Mondays 11:00AM to 12:00noon or by appointment
Exams:
1-st Exam: January 28 (M):
Answer Key to homework in the first midterm coverage:[pdf] (now posted)
Answer Key to the first midterm exam:[Version 1], [Version 2](now posted).

2-nd Exam: February 25 (M):
Score distribution (1st+2nd) and Danger zone(pdf file, now posted)
Answer Key to homework in the second midterm coverage:[pdf](now posted)
Answer Key to the second midterm exam:[Version 1], [Version 2](now posted).
Final Exam: Monday, March 17, 2008, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Final Exam Outline: [html] (now posted)
Answer Key to homework after the second midterm exam:[pdf] (now posted)

The day and the exact coverage of each midterm exam depend on the progress in the course and will be announced in the lecture a week before the exam.

The final exam day and time cannot be changed.
No make-up exams under whatever circumstance.

Calculaters are allowed in the three exams.
Students are not allowed to open text books and class notes while in the exam.
Students are not allowed to bring 3x5 cards to the exams

Grading: Each midterm exam counts 20% of your grade, the homework counts 10% and the final exam counts 50%. The grading is on a curve. About 20% of students will receive A- or above, and about 30% will receive the grade between B- and B+.
A student who misses the final exam may receive an incomplete grade "I" provided he or she

(i) has taken and passed the two midterm exams,
(ii) has completed the homework at a passing level,
(iii) contacts the instructor on or before the day of the final exam to arrange a conference, and
(iv) presents documents explaining his or her circumstances (such as medical emergency).

If any one of the above four conditions is not met, the student who misses the final exam will be automatically assigned the grade " F".

Homework assignment is posted below in this class web page, some of which will be explained in the quiz session before due. The homework due date is indicated at each assignment. Each student is required to submit homework to his/her TA in the TA session by Thursday indicated at each homework assignment. On the top of the front page of your homework set, print your last name followed by your first name and middle initial, and your student identification number. Also sign your full name underneath.

NO LATE HW WILL BE ACCEPTED - NO EXCEPTIONS

Syllabus
Week of

January 7: Sections 7.1, 7.2

January 14: Sections 7.3, 7.4, 7.5,

January 21: Sections 7.6, Review

January 28: first midterm, Sections 7.7

February 4: Sections 7.8, 7.9,

February 11: Sections 8.1, 8.2,

February 18: Section 8.3, Review

February 25: second midterm, Sections 8.3, 8.4

March 3: Sections 8.4, 8.5

March 10: Section 8.5, Review

Homework
Homework due date of each section may be changed at last minute depending on progress of the course (listed homework questions will not be changed).
No.1 (due on Thursday January 17 in your TA session):
Section 7.1: 1, 2*, 3, 4*abcdef, 5, 6*, 7, 8*, 9, 10, 11, 12*, 18, 25, 29*
Section 7.2: 1, 5, 7abc, 11, 12*, 13*, 14*, 15*, 19, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33

No.2 (due on Thursday January 24 in your TA session):
Section 7.3: 1, 2, 3, 4*, 5, 6*, 9*, 10, 12*, 15*, 18, 19, 21*, 23, 25, 33, 37
Section 7.4: 1, 3, 4*, 5, 6*, 7*, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13*, 15

No.3 (will not be graded but in the 1st midterm coverage):
Section 7.4: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29ac, 35
Section 7.5: 1, 2ac, 3ace, 4, 5ac, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19

No.4 (due on Thursday February 7 in your TA session):
Section 7.6: 1*, 2*, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9*, 11, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20* 21, 25, 27
Section 7.7: 1*, 3, 5, 8*, 9, 11*, 12, 13, 15, 18*, 21*, 22, 23

No.5 (due on Thursday February 14 in your TA session):
Section 7.8: 1ace, 2*, 3*, 5, 6*, 7, 8*, 9, 10*, 11, 13*, 18*, 19
Section 7.9: 1ac, 3ac, 5ac, 7, 8*, 11, 13*, 15, 16*, 23, 25, 29

No.6 (will not be graded but in the 2nd midterm coverage):
Section 8.1: 1ac, 3a, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 23, 25, 27
Section 8.2: 1, 3ace, 5ac, 7ac, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19

No.7 (due on Thursday February 28 in your TA session):
Section 8.3: 1*, 3, 5a, 6a*, 7, 8*, 9, 11, 12*, 13*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 20*, 21*

No.8 (due on Thursday March 6 in your TA session):
Section 8.4: 1a, 2*, 3, 4*, 5, 6*, 7*, 8*, 9, 10*, 12*, 13*, 16*, 17*, 19

No.9 (exercises for preparation for the final exam):
Section 8.5: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15 (these exercises are not graded)

A half of (unspecified) problems with "*" will be graded; however, you should do all, and problems similar to the ones listed here could show up in two midterm exams and the final exam.