Mathematics 434-A

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  • Speaker Presentation Schedule
  • Office Hours
  • Course Information Sheet
  • Tentative Course Calendar
  • Grade Information
  • Tips on Writing and Studying Mathematics
  • Homework Problems
  • Problems ``to be turned in''
  • University Calendars
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    Speaker Presentation Schedule

    April 12, 13 Amy Okamoto Symmetry
    April 12, 13 Andy Loveless Encryption
    April 19, 20 Buck Defore Error Correcting Codes
    April 23,24 Jason Preszler Galois Theory
    April 26, 27 Gregg Lois Quantum Theory or Information Theory
    April 30 Gina Campbell Burnside's Counting Theorem
    May 7 Melissa Crist Algebraic Graph Theory

    Writing and Studying Tips

  • Basic Study Tips (Includes a list of Prelude Strategies)
  • Sophisticated Study Guides (A nice compilation of insights and resources for improving your study skills by Joe Landsberger, University of St. Thomas.)
  • Basic Tips for writing mathematics. (PDF)
  • ``The Elements of Style'' (by William Strunk, Jr.). This is the standard reference for expository writing and is now available in searchable electronic form. (Courtesy of Project Bartleby).
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    Homework Problems

  • Fall: Problem Sets 1,2,3
  • Fall: Problem Set 4
  • Fall: Problem Set 5 (Isomorphisms)
  • Fall: Problem Set 6 (Homomorphisms)
  • Fall: Problem Set 7 (Equivalence Relations)
  • Fall: Problem Set 8 (Cosets)
  • Fall: Problem Set 9 (Restrctions of Homomorphisms)
  • Fall: Problem Set 10 (Products of Groups)
  • Fall: Problem Set 11 ( Modular Arithmetic)
  • Fall: Problem Set 12 (Quotient Groups)
  • Fall: Problem Set 13 (Groups and Symmetry in the Plane )
  • Fall: Problem Set 14 (Finite and Discrete Groups of Rigid Motions)
  • Fall: Problem Set 15 (Abstract Symmetry, Group Actions and Actions on Cosets)
  • Fall: Problem Set 16 (Counting Formula)
  • Fall: Problem Set 17 (Sylow Theorems)

  • Homework Spring 2001

  • Spring: Exercise Set 1 ( Sylow Theorems (same as Fall # 17))
  • Spring: Exercise Set 2 (Bilinear Forms)

    • Problems ``to be turned in'' Fall 2000

    You will need a PDF viewer to read the files posted here. Visit the Adobe website to obtain a free reader (all major platforms are supported).

  • Fall: Set 1.
  • Fall: Set 2
  • Fall: Set 3
  • Fall: Set 4
  • Fall: Set 5
  • Fall: Set 6
  • Fall: Set 7
  • Fall: Set 8
  • Fall: DiscreteGroups_Figure 1 (GIF)
  • Fall: DiscreteGroups_ Figure 2 (GIF)
  • Fall: Set 9
  • Fall: Set 10
  • Fall: Set 11
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    Problems to Turn in Spring 2001

  • Spring: Set 1 (PDF) Sylow
  • Spring: Set 2 (PDF) Bilinear Forms
  • Spring: Set 3 (PDF) Hermitian Forms and a lot more
  • Spring: Set 4 (PDF) Basics about Rings
  • Spring: Set 5 (PDF) Peano and Substitution
  • Spring: Set 6 (PDF) Ideals and Quotient Rings
  • Spring: Set 7 (PDF) Adjunction
  • Spring: Set 8 (PDF) Maximal Ideals
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