Basic Course Information
Math 4281 is a 4 credit course. Here is the official blurb on the course as fomulated by the math department:
MATH 4281 - Introduction to Modern Algebra
4.0 cr; Prereq-2283 or 3283 or #
Equivalence relations, greatest common divisor, prime decomposition,modular arithmetic, groups, rings, fields,
Chinese remainder theorem,matrices over commutative rings, polynomials over fields.
Lecture: 01:25 P.M. - 02:15 P.M. , M,W,F (09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014) , VinH 6 , TCEASTBANK
Instructor: Professor S.Sperber.
Email: sperber@math.umn.edu
Office: 457 Vincent Hall
Phone: 612-625-4374
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-3:00pm, Thurs 12:10-1:10pm
Textbook: Modern Algebra: An Introduction, by John R. Durbin (Author), 6th edition
Publ: John Wiley, ISBN-13: 978-0470384435 ISBN-10: 0470384433
Organization of Course and Grading Policy
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