Sungwook Lee

The math department's official textbook for this course is

A First Course in Abstract Algebra, Joseph J. Rotman, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.

It is a good book however it is not necessary for you to purchase the textbook since my lectures will not closely follow the book.

• A First Course in Abstract Algebra, John B. Fraleigh, 7th Edition, Pearson, 2002
• Abstract Algebra, I. N. Herstein, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 1996
• Topics in Algebra, I. N. Herstein, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1975

A Course in Universal Algebra, Stanley N. Burris and H. P. Shankappanavar, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer-Verlag, 1981

Definitions and Examples of Groups, Subgroups, Lagrange's Theorem, Homomorphisms and Normal Subgroups, Quotient Groups, The Homomorphism Theorems, Cauchy's Theorem, Direct Products, Finite Abelian Groups, Conjugacy and Sylow's Theorem, The Symmetric Group (Cycle Decomposition, Odd and Even Permutations)

Tuesday/Thursday 1:00-2:15pm in SH 303

Tuesday/Thursday 8:55-11:00am and 2:15-5:10pm.
For students on the Gulf Coast campus, office hours may be arranged through skype by appointment. My skype id is sunglee7.

3 In-Class Exams (each of which counts 30% of your total grade) and no Final Exam. The average of two better exam grades will replace lowest exam grade at the end of the semester. You are required to participate in taking the Major Field Test and it will count 10% of your total grade.

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