• Syllabus
• Text:  Modern Algebra and Discrete Structures by R. F. Lax, Addison Wesley, 1997.  ISBN-10:  0060438789, ISBN-13: 978-0060438784. An Errata Sheet can be found here.
• Supplements: Supplement 1:  Integers This will be used to supplement the treatment of integers and congruence arithmetic of integers.
• Supplement 2:   Successive Squaring  This supplement describes how to compute high powers of an integer modulo m using the method of successive squaring.  It is used in conjunction with Euler's theorem.
• Supplement 3:   Cyclic Groups  This supplement expands on the treatment of cyclic groups given in Section III.3 of the text.
• Supplement 4:   Burnside's Coloring Theory  This supplement has a large number of worked out examples of calculations using Burnside's Lemma (Theorem 9.15, Page 122 in Lax; Theorem 5.4.4, Page 234 in this supplement) Answers to the exercises (except for assigned ones) are here.
• Homework Assignments
• Exam Reviews (Including copies of some old exams)
• Exams

Homework Assignments

Exam Reviews and Old Exams

Some of the old exams presented here are from semesters where the text was not the same as that being used this semester.  While the material covered is roughly the same, the sequence and some emphases may be different. The current text was used, with similar coverage, in Spring 09 and Fall 10.

Exam I Review   Solutions
    Exam I (Spring 04)  Solutions
    Exam I (Fall 06)  Solutions
    Exam I (Spring 08)  Solutions
    Exam I (Spring 09) 
    Exam I (Fall 10)  Solutions 
Exam II Review   Solutions 
    Exam II (Spring 04)  Solutions
    Exam II (Fall 06)  Solutions
    Exam II (Spring 08)  Solutions
    Exam II (Spring 09)  Solutions 
    Exam II (Fall 10)  Solutions 
Exam III Review   Solutions 
    Exam III (Summer 02)  Solutions
    Exam III (Spring 04)  Solutions
    Exam III (Fall 06)  Solutions
    Exam III (Spring 08)  Solutions
    Exam III (Spring 09)  Solutions 
    Exam III (Fall 10)  Solutions
Final Exam  (Spring 04)   Solutions
Final Exam  (Spring 08)    Solutions 
Final Exam  (Summer 02)    Solutions 
Final Exam  (Spring 09) 
Final Exam  (Fall 10) 

Exams