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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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