Part I - Groups


Lecture 1
Groups
I: 1-4
Oct. 23
8-10
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Suggested Exercises:
I-1 Introduction and Examples 35-37
I-2  Introduction and Examples. 24, 26, 29-34
I-3 Isomorphic Binary Structures. 26, 27, 28
I-4 Groups. 11-18, 23, 25, 29, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38
Homework 1
Due Oct. 30

should be given to Afshin Goodarzi
Exercises Oct. 26
15-17
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Lecture 2
Subgroups, cyclic groups, group homomorphisms
I: 5-7
, III:13
Oct. 31
15-17
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Suggested Exercises:
I-5 Subgropus.
8-13, 14-19, 39, 46, 47, 51, 53, 55
I-6 Cyclic groups.
32, 33-37, 45, 46, 48
III-13 Homomorphisms. 1-6, 8-15
Homework 2
Due Nov. 7

should be given to Afshin Goodarzi
Exercises Nov. 1
8-10
D41


Lecture 3
Permutations
II: 8-9
Nov. 7
8-10
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Suggested Exercises:
II-8 Groups of Permutations.
28, 29, 30-34, 35, 36, 40-43, 44, 45,46, 48
II-9 Orbits, Cycles and the Alternating Groups. 20-23, 27, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, 39
Homework 3
Due Nov. 14

should be given to Afshin Goodarzi
Exercises Nov. 9
15-17
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Lecture 4
Lagrange’s Theorem and finitely generated abelian groups
II: 10-12
Nov. 15
8-10
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Suggested Exercises:
II-10 Cosets and the
Theorem of Lagrange. 17-19, 28-33, 36, 37, 39, 40, 44, 46, 47
II-11 Direct Products and Finitely Generated Abelian Groups. 32, 34, 36, 47, 49
II-12 Plane Isometries. 2 16-20, 24-37
Homework 4
Due Nov. 22

should be given to Afshin Goodarzi
Exercises Nov. 16
15-17
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Lecture 5
Homomorphisms and factor groups
III: 13-15

Nov. 21
15-17
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Suggested Exercises:
I III-13 Homomorphisms. 32, 39-45, 47,48, 50, 52
III-14 Factor groups. 23, 24, 30, 31, 33-36, 40
III-15 Factor-Groups Computations and Simple Groups. 19-23, 34-36, 39
Homework 5
Due Nov. 28

should be given to Afshin Goodarzi
Exercises Nov. 22
8-10
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Lecture 6
Group actions
III: 16-17

Nov. 27
13-15
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Suggested Exercises:
III-16 Group Action on a Set. 8, 11, 12, 14-16
III-17 Applications of G-Sets to Counting. 1-9
Homework 6
Due Dec. 4

should be given to Afshin Goodarzi
Exercises Nov. 29
15-17
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Lecture 7
The Sylow theorems and applications
VII: 36-37
Dec. 4
15-17
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Suggested Exercises:
VII-37 Sylow Theorem 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 12-16
VII-37 Applications of the Sylow theory 3, 4, 5, 6
Homework 7
Due Dec. 11

should be given to Afshin Goodarzi
Exercises Dec. 7
15-17
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