Math 511 - Fall 2003

  • Instructor: Prof. Jianshu Li
  • Lectures: in 3584
                M W 10:00-11:20
  • Office Hours: Open, Come Any time
  • Phone : 2358 7437
  • e-mail: matom@ust.hk

    Textbook and references:
  • Primary textbook: Robert B. Ash, Abstract Algebra:The Basic Graduate Year Web Text at http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~r-ash/
  • Reference: Michael Artin, Algebra , Prentice Hall (on 3 day reserve in the HKUST library)
  • Reference: Nathan Jacobson, Basic Algebra I, II, 2nd edition, W.H. Freeman (on 3 day reserve)
  • Reference: Serge Lang, Algebra 3rd edition, Addison Wesley (on 3 day reserve)


    Contents:
  • Students should feel comfortable with problems such as the following:
  • Honors Undergraduate Linear Algebra Final at http://www.math.ust.hk/~amoy/math511/

  • The course will proceed through chapters 1, 2, 5, 4 and possibly 3 of Ash's web-text.
                Chapter 1: Group fundamentals
                Chapter 2: Ring fundamentals
                Chapter 5: Basic Techniques of Group Theory
                Chapter 4: Module fundamentals
                Chapter 3: Field fundamentals


    Daily summary:
  • Diary.

    Homework:
  • Assignment 4 (due December 1).
  • Icosahedron model   |   Dodecahedron model
  • Assignment 3 (due November 5).
  • Assignment 2 (due October 15).
  • Assignment 1 (due September 22).