08-401/About This Class - Revision history

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Text Book(s)

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	* (Recommended) D. S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, "Abstract Algebra", chapters 7, 8, 9, 13, 14.		* (Recommended) D. S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, "Abstract Algebra", chapters 7, 8, 9, 13, 14.
	* (Suggested) T. Hungerford, "Abstract Algebra, an Introduction".		* (Suggested) T. Hungerford, "Abstract Algebra, an Introduction".
	* (~~speculative~~, added March 2010) J. Bergen, "A Concrete Approach to Abstract Algebra". I ({{Dror}}) have never seen this book, but I've read its table of contents. If ever I will teach Math 401 again, I may adopt this book as the primary textbook for this class.		* (Speculative, added March 2010) J. Bergen, "A Concrete Approach to Abstract Algebra". I ({{Dror}}) have never seen this book, but I've read its table of contents. If ever I will teach Math 401 again, I may adopt this book as the primary textbook for this class.

	===Plan===		===Plan===

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Text Book(s)

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	* (Recommended) D. S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, "Abstract Algebra", chapters 7, 8, 9, 13, 14.		* (Recommended) D. S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, "Abstract Algebra", chapters 7, 8, 9, 13, 14.
	* (Suggested) T. Hungerford, "Abstract Algebra, an Introduction".		* (Suggested) T. Hungerford, "Abstract Algebra, an Introduction".
			* (speculative, added March 2010) J. Bergen, "A Concrete Approach to Abstract Algebra". I ({{Dror}}) have never seen this book, but I've read its table of contents. If ever I will teach Math 401 again, I may adopt this book as the primary textbook for this class.

	===Plan===		===Plan===

Drorbn: /* Good Deeds */

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Good Deeds

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	[[Image:08-401-Galois.jpeg\|thumb\|right\|Galois at the age of fifteen from the pencil of a classmate. He was young-looking for his age and had black hair.]]		[[Image:08-401-Galois.jpeg\|thumb\|right\|Galois at the age of fifteen from the pencil of a classmate. He was young-looking for his age and had black hair.]]

			[[More on Good Deeds]].

	===Class Photo===		===Class Photo===
	To help me learn your names, I will take a class photo on the third week of classes. I will post the picture on the class' web site and you will be ''required'' to identify yourself on the [[08-401/Class Photo\|Class Photo]] page of this wiki.		To help me learn your names, I will take a class photo on the third week of classes. I will post the picture on the class' web site and you will be ''required'' to identify yourself on the [[08-401/Class Photo\|Class Photo]] page of this wiki.

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Text Book(s)

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	===Text Book(s)===		===Text Book(s)===
	* (Required) J. A. Gallian, "Contemporary Abstract Algebra", chapters 12-17, 20-23 and 31-33 (approx.).		* (Required) J. A. Gallian, "Contemporary Abstract Algebra" ('''6th edition!!!'''), chapters 12-17, 20-23 and 31-33 (approx.).
	* (Recommended) D. S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, "Abstract Algebra", chapters 7, 8, 9, 13, 14.		* (Recommended) D. S. Dummit and R. M. Foote, "Abstract Algebra", chapters 7, 8, 9, 13, 14.
	* (Suggested) T. Hungerford, "Abstract Algebra, an Introduction".		* (Suggested) T. Hungerford, "Abstract Algebra, an Introduction".

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Wiki

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	* This wiki is a part of my ({{Dror}}'s) academic web page. All postings on it must be class-related (or related to one of the other projects I'm involved with).		* This wiki is a part of my ({{Dror}}'s) academic web page. All postings on it must be class-related (or related to one of the other projects I'm involved with).
	* I ({{Dror}}) will allow myself to exercise editorial control, when necessary.		* I ({{Dror}}) will allow myself to exercise editorial control, when necessary.
	* The titles of all pages related to this class should begin with "08-401/" or with "08-401-", just like the title of this page.		* The titles of all pages and the names of all images related to this class should begin with "08-401/" or with "08-401-", just like the title of this page.

	To edit, you must have a wiki account. To get one email a request to {{Dror}} at drorbn@math.toronto.edu, and include:		To edit, you must have a wiki account. To get one email a request to {{Dror}} at drorbn@math.toronto.edu, and include:

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The Term Test

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	====The Term Test====		====The Term Test====
	The term test will take place in class on February 28. A student who misses the term test without providing a valid reason (for example, a doctor’s note) within one week of the test will receive a mark of 0 on the term test. There will be no make-up term test. If a student misses the term test for a valid reason, the weight of the problem sets will increase to 35% and the weight of the final exam to 65%.		The term test will take place in class on February 27. A student who misses the term test without providing a valid reason (for example, a doctor’s note) within one week of the test will receive a mark of 0 on the term test. There will be no make-up term test. If a student misses the term test for a valid reason, the weight of the problem sets will increase to 35% and the weight of the final exam to 65%.

	====Homework====		====Homework====

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	===On Galois===		===On Galois===
	The first paragraph of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~%C3%89variste_Galois~~ Wikipedia entry] on Galois:		The first paragraph of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois Wikipedia entry] on Galois:

	:'''Évariste Galois''' (IPA: [evaʁist gaˈlwa]; October 25, 1811 – May 31, 1832) was a French mathematician born in Bourg-la-Reine. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a long-standing problem. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory, a major branch of abstract algebra, and the subfield of Galois connections. He was the first to use the word "group" (French: groupe) as a technical term in mathematics to represent a group of permutations. A radical Republican during the monarchy of Louis Philippe in France, he died from wounds suffered in a duel under murky circumstances at the age of twenty.		:'''Évariste Galois''' (IPA: [evaʁist gaˈlwa]; October 25, 1811 – May 31, 1832) was a French mathematician born in Bourg-la-Reine. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a long-standing problem. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory, a major branch of abstract algebra, and the subfield of Galois connections. He was the first to use the word "group" (French: groupe) as a technical term in mathematics to represent a group of permutations. A radical Republican during the monarchy of Louis Philippe in France, he died from wounds suffered in a duel under murky circumstances at the age of twenty.

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	Good deed points will count towards your final grade! If you got <math>n</math> of those, they are solidly your and the formula for the final grade below will only be applied to the remaining <math>100-n</math> points. So if you got 25 good deed points (say) and your final grade is 80, I will report your grade as <math>25+80(100-25)/100=85</math>. Yet you can get an overall 100 even without doing a single good deed.		Good deed points will count towards your final grade! If you got <math>n</math> of those, they are solidly your and the formula for the final grade below will only be applied to the remaining <math>100-n</math> points. So if you got 25 good deed points (say) and your final grade is 80, I will report your grade as <math>25+80(100-25)/100=85</math>. Yet you can get an overall 100 even without doing a single good deed.

		⚫	[[Image:08-401-Galois.jpeg\|thumb\|right\|Galois at the age of fifteen from the pencil of a classmate. He was young-looking for his age and had black hair.]]
	===Class Photo===		===Class Photo===
	To help me learn your names, I will take a class photo on the third week of classes. I will post the picture on the class' web site and you will be ''required'' to identify yourself on the [[08-401/Class Photo\|Class Photo]] page of this wiki.		To help me learn your names, I will take a class photo on the third week of classes. I will post the picture on the class' web site and you will be ''required'' to identify yourself on the [[08-401/Class Photo\|Class Photo]] page of this wiki.

⚫	[[Image:08-401-Galois.jpeg\|thumb\|right\|Galois at the age of fifteen from the pencil of a classmate. He was young-looking for his age and had black hair.]]
	===On Galois===		===On Galois===
	The first paragraph of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois Wikipedia entry] on Galois:		The first paragraph of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois Wikipedia entry] on Galois:

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	===Class Photo===		===Class Photo===
	To help me learn your names, I will take a class photo on the third week of classes. I will post the picture on the class' web site and you will be ''required'' to identify yourself on the [[08-401/Class Photo\|Class Photo]] page of this wiki.		To help me learn your names, I will take a class photo on the third week of classes. I will post the picture on the class' web site and you will be ''required'' to identify yourself on the [[08-401/Class Photo\|Class Photo]] page of this wiki.

			[[Image:08-401-Galois.jpeg\|thumb\|right\|Galois at the age of fifteen from the pencil of a classmate. He was young-looking for his age and had black hair.]]
			===On Galois===
			The first paragraph of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois Wikipedia entry] on Galois:

			:'''Évariste Galois''' (IPA: [evaʁist gaˈlwa]; October 25, 1811 – May 31, 1832) was a French mathematician born in Bourg-la-Reine. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a long-standing problem. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory, a major branch of abstract algebra, and the subfield of Galois connections. He was the first to use the word "group" (French: groupe) as a technical term in mathematics to represent a group of permutations. A radical Republican during the monarchy of Louis Philippe in France, he died from wounds suffered in a duel under murky circumstances at the age of twenty.

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	{{08-401/Navigation}}		{{08-401/Navigation}}
	{{In Preparation}}

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