Course calendar:
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Aug 25: First day of class! Groups |
Aug 27: Investigating D4 | Aug 29: Subgroups |
| Week 2 | Sep 1: Labor day, no class | Sep 3: Subgroup theorems Homework assignment #1 due. |
Sep 5: Quiz #1 in class today More subgroup theorems |
| Week 3 | Sep 8: Cyclic groups Exploration #1 due. |
Sep 10: Cyclic group theorems | Sep 12: Permutation groups Homework assignment #2 due. |
| Week 4 | Sep 15: Quiz #2 in class today. | Sep 17: | Sep 19: |
| Week 5 | Sep 22: Homework assignment #3 due. | Sep 24: Quiz #3 in class today. | Sep 26: Exploration #2 due. |
| Week 6 | Sep 29: | Oct 1: Group products | Oct 3: Properties of group products Homework assignment #4 due. |
| Week 7 | Oct 6: Quiz #4 in class today. | Oct 8: Properties of cosets | Oct 10: Mid-semester break, no class today! |
| Week 8 | Oct 13: Classifying groups of order 2p | Oct 15: Proving properties of cosets Homework assignment #5 due. |
Oct 17: Quiz #5 in class today. Factor groups |
| Week 9 | Oct 20: Exploration #3 due. Properties of factor groups |
Oct 22: Theorems about factor groups | Oct 24: More theorems about factor groups |
| Week 10 | Oct 27: Homework assignment #6 due. Internal direct products |
Oct 29: Quiz #6 in class today. Theorems about internal direct products |
Oct 31: The Fundamental Theorem of Finite Abelian Groups |
| Week 11 | Nov 3: The Fundamental Theorem of Finite Abelian Groups, continued | Nov 5: Group homomorphisms | Nov 7: Homework assignment #7 due. Properties of homomorphisms |
| Week 12 | Nov 10: Quiz #7 in class today. More properties of homomorphisms |
Nov 12: Exploration #4 due. More properties of homomorphisms |
Nov 14: Proving properties of homomorphisms |
| Week 13 | Nov 17: The classification of finite simple groups | Nov 19: Homework assignment #8 due. Rings! |
Nov 21: Quiz #8 in class today. Properties of rings |
| Week 14 | Nov 24: More properties of rings | Nov 26: No class today, fall break! | Nov 28: No class today, fall break! |
| Week 15 | Dec 1: | Dec 3: Homework assignment #9 due. | Dec 5: Quiz #9 in class today, exploration #5 due. |
| Week 16 | Tuesday Dec 9: Final reflections due |