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Reading and Writing Assignments
| Date: | Chapter: | Topic: | Practice Problems: | Portfolio Problems: | Honor Problems: |
| Feb. 10 | 0 pp3-8 | GCD | 4 (2/13) | 8 (2/17) | 10 (2/20) |
| Feb. 12 | 0 pp8-14 | Mod | 3 (2/13) | 13 (2/17) | |
| Feb. 13 | 0 pp14-17 | Induction | 20 (2/16) | 26 (2/17) | |
| Feb. 16 | 0 pp17-22 | Equivalence Relations | 48 (2/23) | ||
| Feb. 17 | 1,2 pp42-50 | Groups, examples | 2 Examples 11, 19 | 2.35(2/24) | |
| Feb. 19 | 2 pp50-53 | Properties | 2.25 (2/19) | 2.16, 2.19 (2/24) | 2.17 (2/27) |
| Feb. 20 | 3 | Finite Groups | 3.1 | 3.4, 3.42 (3/1) | |
| Feb. 23 | 3 | Subgroups | 3.14 (2/23) | 3.20 (3/1) | |
| Feb. 24 | 3 | center, centralizers etc. | |||
| Feb. 26 | 4 | Cyclic groups | |||
| Feb. 27 | 4 | Cyclic groups | 14, 54 (3/8) | 33 with explanation (3/8) | |
| Mar. 1 | 4 | Cyclic groups | 10, 45 | ||
| Mar. 2 | 4 | cyclic groups | |||
| Mar. 4 | 5 | Permutations | |||
| Mar. 5 | 5 | symmetric group | 18, 42 (3/15) | ||
| Mar. 8 | 5 | alternating group | |||
| Mar. 9 | no class | ||||
| Mar. 11 | 5 | Z(S_n), Z(A_n) | |||
| Mar. 12 | 5 | 15 puzzle | |||
| Mar. 15 | Review | ||||
| Mar. 16 | No Class, Test 1 | ||||
| Mar. 18 | 6 | Isomorphisms | 10, 20, 22, 33 (3/26) | 30 (use Ch. 5 #10) (3/30) | |
| Mar. 19 | 6 | Cayley's Theorem | 4, 5 | ||
| Mar. 22 | 6 | Automorphisms | |||
| Mar. 23 | 7 | Cosets | 8, 22, 34 (4/16) | ||
| Mar. 25 | 7 | Lagrange's Theorem | |||
| Mar. 26 | 7 | Applications of Lagrange | |||
| Mar. 29 | 7 | Orbits, stabilizers | |||
| Mar. 30 | 8 | Direct Products | 8, 12, 20 | 22, 36, 48 (4/19) | |
| Apr. 1 | 8 | Cyclic Direct Products | |||
| Apr. 2 | 8 | Applic. Dir. Prod. | |||
| Apr. 13 | 9 | Normal subgroups | |||
| Apr. 15 | 9 | Factor groups | 10, 12, 23 | 38, 41, 48 (4/23) | |
| Apr. 16 | 9 | Factor groups | |||
| Apr. 19 | 9 | Factor groups | |||
| Apr. 20 | 9 | Factor groups | |||
| Apr. 22 | 10 | Homomorphisms | |||
| Apr. 23 | 10 | Properties of Homomorphisms | |||
| Apr. 26 | 10 | Isomorphism Theorems | 18, 20, 52 (4/30) | 42 (5/3) | |
| Apr. 27 | 10 | Isomorphism Theorems | |||
| Apr. 29 | 11 | FTFAB | |||
| Apr. 30 | 11 | FTFAB | 10, 26 (external only) (5/17) | ||
| May 3 | 24 | Sylow Theorems | |||
| May 4 | 24 | Sylow Theorems | 12, 22 (5/17) | ||
| May 6 | 12 | Rings | 2, 3, 18 | ||
| May 7 | 12 | Rings | 18, 42 | ||
| May 10 | 13 | Domains | |||
| May 11 | 13 | Domains | 20, 26 | ||
| May 13 | 13 | Rings/Domains work day | |||
| May 14 | 14 | Ideals and Factor Rings | |||
| May 17 | 14 | Ideals and Factor Rings | |||
| May 18 | Last Day |
Last modified: 5/14/04