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Math 117: General Course Outline |
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Catalog Description
117. Algebra for Applications.
(4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 115A.
Not open for credit to students with credit for course 110A. Integers, congruences;
fields, applications of finite fields; polynomials; permutations, introduction
to groups.
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Textbook
L. Childs, A Concrete Introduction
to Higher Algebra, 3rd Ed., Springer-Verlag.
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Reviews & Exams
The following schedule is based on
26 lectures. The remaining three classroom meetings are for midterm exams and
a review.
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Schedule of Lectures
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Comments
Note: The book contains a wealth of interesting topics (e.g. Sturm's theorem, group theory), which can be substituted for material in the last five lectures at the instructor's discretion. Outline update: D. Gieseker, 1/97 |
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For more information, please contact
Student Services, ugrad@math.ucla.edu. |
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