Math 5032: Algebra II

SPRING 2017

Time	Location	Instructor	email	Office
Tu-Th 1-2:30PM	Rudolph 102	Roya Beheshti	beheshti@math.wustl.edu	Cupples I, Room 108B

Welcome to the webpage for Math 5032. This is an introductory graduate level course on the basic structures and methods of algebra.


Prerequisites: Math 5031 or permission of instructor

Text book: Algebra by Serge Lang, revised third edition.

Office hour: Tuesday 2:30-3:30, Wednesday 4-5 or By appointment.

Grader: The grader for this course is Tiansi Li (litiansi@wustl.edu).

Exams: There will be one in class midterm exam during the semester. There will also be a final exam. The midterm is tentatively schedule for ?. If you are unable to take the midterm exam for legitimate reasons, you will not be given a make up exam.

Grading Information: The midterm and the homework will each count for 30 percent of your grade. The final exam will count for 40 percent of your grade.

Additional References: Abstract Algebra (by David S. Dummit and Richard M. Foote)
Advanced Modern Algebra (by Joseph J. Rotman)
Abstract Algebra: The Basic Graduate Year (By Robert Ash). This text is posted for free download at Robert Ash's webpage .
Fields and Galois Theory (by James Milne), available online at James Milne's webpage.


Homework: There will be weekly homework. The homework is due on Thursday at the beginning of class. Late homework will not be accepted.
You are encouraged to discuss the problems but the write-up must be your own.
I expect there will be 9 problem sets. The lowest homework grade will be dropped.

1. Homework #1 , Due January 26, in class. Solutions
2. Homework #2 , Due February 3. Solutions
3. Homework #3 , Due February 14, in class. Solutions
4. Homework #4 , Due February 28, in class. Solutions
5. Homework #5 , Due March 9, in class. Solutions
6. Homework #6 , Due March 28, in class. Solutions
7. Homework #7 , Due April 6, in class. Solutions
8. Homework #8 , Due April 18, in class. Solutions
9. Homework #9 , Due April 27, in class. Solutions