Van Wyk's 430

Van Wyk's Abstract Algebra I (MATH 430)

	Section 02	1:25 pm - 2:15 pm	MWF	032 Burruss
	Syllabus

Announcements - updated December 10, 2004

Your grades have been submitted.
Here is a brief overview of the topics covered in this class, updated December 2, 2004.
You can check out the group theory page and the ring theory page at Wolfram's Math World site for more definitions and theorems than you can shake a stick at.
Here are some additional facts about polynomials you might want to know.
Here is Professor Taalman's 430 page.
Here are a couple of courses you might be interested in next semester:
- Computability Theory, MATH 371, Professor Elizabeth Brown.
- Introduction to Topology, MATH 435, Professor Carl Droms.
Here are the definition quiz terms, updated November 2.

Homework problems for all sections (stolen from Professor Taalman).

John Beachy at Northern Illinois University has an abstract algebra on-line page which contains many definitions and theorems. There is also an entire list of internet resources for modern algebra at the math forum at Swarthmore College.

Do some homework at a fixed time and in a fixed (quiet) place every day.
Study with other people.
If you have "formulas" to memorize, write them out on a sheet of paper and try to reproduce that sheet without looking at it.
When preparing for a test or quiz, pick out problems at random (either in the homework or the examples in the book) and try to do them as if you were in an exam situation (i.e., no peeking at notes).
After a test or quiz, work through all the problems you missed until you can do them correctly.

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