Welcome to the home page for the Dalhousie University mathematics course 4/5045 : Topics in Abstract Algebra I for the academic term fall 2011. Here you can find information about the course, the grading scheme, the assignments, the midterm exams and the final exam.
The textbook for the course is "Abstract Algebra (3rd Edition)" by David S. Dummit and Richard M. Foote, published by Wiley . The course will concentrate on Ring theory and will cover the material in sections II and III of the book.
The following are useful references to supplement the textbook (they are arranged roughly in order from elementary to advanced)
Final grades in Math 4/5045 will be calculated as follows:
This course is cross listed as both an undergraduate and a graduate course. There will be one or more additional questions on most problem sets for students registered in the graduate version of the course (Math 5045) and there will be an additional section on the final exam. Graduate students continuing in the PhD program wishing the final exam in this course to count as part of the non-specialist algebra comprehensive exam should discuss this with the instructor and the graduate coordinator within the first two weeks of the course. There are separate regulations covering the marking of the exam in that case and the minimum passing grade for an exam to count as part of the comprehensive exam is not the same as the minimum passing grade in the course.For further details please see pages 33-34 in the department guide to graduate programs.<\P>
