Algebra II - Spring 2014 - V63.0344
Syllabus
Click here
postscript
LaTeX
pdf
for an outline and lots of information. [Currently very tentative!!]
Instructor
Prof. Joel Spencer
wwh 829; x83219; {lowercaselastname}@cims.nyu.edu
Class Hours
Monday, Wednesday 11-12:15; Room TBA
Recitation
TBA
Texts
Topics in Algebra by Herstein
General Stuff
This website deals with Algebra II, Spring 2014. Students are expected
to have taken Algebra I, though not necessarily from Prof. Spencer and
not necessarily Fall 2012. The basic subject matter is Fields, including
Galois Theory.
Questions?
Send me an email: {lowercaselastname}@cims.nyu.edu
Various Notes
TBA
Galois Theory Notes
Later
Scribe
We will have a scribe system. Each class one student will
take careful notes and these will be placed here for all to see.
The notes can be on a word processing system (LaTeX is Prof.
Spencer's favorite) or (most often!) NEATLY written and sent
as .jpg (or similar) photo(s).
Assignments
Generally there will be assignments every week.
The assignments will be posted, usually on
Monday or Tuesday. They are due back in the
recitation section.
SPECIAL NOTE: Prof. Spencer encourages collaboration on the
assignments. Find someone (preferably, someone smarter than
you!) or, even better, create a small group and discuss the
assignments together. However, all students must hand in the
assignments individually and must write out the solutions in
their own words. At the top of the assignment the collaborators
must be listed: E.g.: Collaboration with Niels Abel and
Emmy Noether.
Solutions
TBA
Midterm
TBA
Extra Stuff
An interesting historical piece on the
origins of Galois Theory written by
our own Prof. Edwards: Click
here
This appeared in the Notices of the American Math Society.