MCS-314, Modern Algebra II
Spring 2003

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Reading and Writing Assignments

Date: Chapter: Topic: Problems:
Feb. 10 13 Domains and characteristic  
Feb. 12 14 Ideals and factor rings  
Feb. 14 No Class community conversation  
Feb. 17 14, try #15, #17, #19 Prime ideals and maximal ideals 14.24 (2/19) 14: 14, 16, 26, 32 (2/26) (Optional: 34)
Feb. 19 15 Ring homomorphisms 15: 2, 40, 48 (2/26)
Feb. 21 15 Ring homomorphisms  
Feb. 24 16 Polynomial rings 16: 12, 24, 40 (3/5)
Feb. 26 16 Polynomial rings  
Feb. 28 17 Reducibility and irreducibility tests 17: 10 (3/5), 17: 8, 12 (3/7)
Mar. 3 17 Reducibility and irreducibility tests  
Mar. 5 18 Divisibility in Integral Domains  
Mar. 7 18 UFDs and Euclidean Domains 18: 8, 22, 30 (3/12)
Mar. 10 18 UFD, PID, ED  
Mar. 12 19 Vector Spaces  
Mar. 14 Test 1 (13-18)    
Mar. 17 20 Extension Fields  
Mar. 19 20 (try 20.5 or 20.3 ) Splitting Fields 20: 4, 20 (4/9)
Mar. 21 20 Splitting Fields  
Mar. 24 20 Multiple Roots, Perfect Fields  
Mar. 26 21 Characterizing Extensions 21: 6,8,34 (4/9)
Mar. 28 21 Finite Extensions  
Apr. 7 21 Primitive Element  
Apr. 9 22 Finite Fields 10, 12, 15 (4/23)
Apr. 11 22 Finite Fields  
Apr. 14 23 (try 1-4) (look at links) Constructions  
Apr. 16 23 Impossible Constructions  

 
 
 

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