Abbreviations below:
(1) HTML=Hypertext Markup Language,
i.e., usual web page format
(2) PDF=Adobe Portable Document Format, viewed with
Adobe Acrobat Reader. You probably have this on your computer --
if not, you can download it at no charge from
Adobe.
You can view the information sheet for the course in PDF or HTML format.
The Final Exam will be comprehensive, although it will emphasize rings a bit disproportionally, since we haven't had them on an exam. The final will be Monday, May 12 from 3-5 pm.
View the Homework for Chapters 16 through 18 in HTML or PDF format.
Eighth homework assignment due Tuesday, May 6:
Chapter 12 #46,48; Chapter 13 #4,41,54
View the Homework for Chapters 12 through 14 in HTML or PDF format.
The second EXAM will be on Tuesday, April 22. It will cover the group theory material we've done since Exam 1, which includes parts of chapters 5-11.
Seventh homework assignment due Thursday, April 17:
Chapter 8 #16; Supplementary problems on p. 169 #2; Chapter 11 #10;
Chapter 9 #4
View the Homework for Chapters 8 through 11 in HTML or PDF format. (This is the rest of the group theory material for this semester.)
Sixth homework assignment due Thursday, April 10: Chapter 6 #20; Chapter 7 #10,12,26
Fifth homework assignment due Tuesday, April 1: Chapter 5 #7,26,42; Chapter 6 #4,6,30
The first EXAM will be on Tuesday, March 11. It will cover Chapters 0-4 and the part of Chapter 5 through the middle of p. 98.
View the Homework for Chapters 5 through 7 in HTML or PDF format.
Fourth homework assignment due Tuesday, March 4: Chapter 3 #14,28,48; Chapter 4 #30,55; Supplementary problems #2(read #1),6,12
View the Homework for Chapters 3 & 4 in HTML or
PDF format.
NOTE: The sheet I handed out in class had the assigments for
chapters 3 & 4 reversed - the above information is correct.
Third homework assignment due Friday, February 21 (this means you
can hand it in on Thursday in class or get it to me any
time Friday)
Chapter 1 #14; Chapter 2 #15,16,19,25
Second homework assignment due Thursday, February 13:
Chapter 0 #28,48; Chapter 2 #8 (ignore the part about U(8))
Note: The problem from Chapter 1 has been shifted to the next
assigment.
View the Homework for Chapters 1 & 2 in HTML or PDF format.
First homework assignment due Thursday, January 30: Chapter 0 #8,14,22
View the Homework for Chapter 0 in HTML or PDF format.