Math 503: Algebra I

The course is worth 4 credits and will meet MWF 12:00-1:00.

Texts: Abstract Algebra, 3rd edition, by D.S. Dummit and R.M. Foote.

Group Theory

Additional reading: Finite Groups: An Introduction, by Jean-Pierre Serre

Office hours: W 2.00-3.00, F 2.00-3:00, and by appointment.

Syllabus contains additional information about the organization of the course (date of test, grading policy, etc.).

Here is a short note about torsion abelian groups expanding on what we discussed in class.

Here is a short note with an interesting result about presentations.

Here is a note about gropup actions. And here is a note about how to use Sylow's theorem to study finite groups.

Here is a nice account of the proof of simplicity of special linear groups.