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Schedule (tentative)
| 8/29 |
1 - Symmetries of the Tetrahedron
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| 9/3, 9/5 |
2 - Axioms for Groups
3 - Numbers
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| 9/10, 9/12 |
4 - Dihedral Groups
5 - Subgroups and Generators
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| 9/17, 9/19 |
6 - Permutations |
| 9/24, 9/26 |
7 - Isomorphisms
8 - Plato's Solids and Cayley's Theorem
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| 10/1, 10/3 |
9 - Matrix Groups
Review ahead of the prelim
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| 10/8, 10/10 |
Prelim in class on 10/8 covering Chapters 1–8
10 - Products
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| Fall
Break 10/12 – 10/15 |
| 10/17 |
11 - Lagrange's Theorem
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| 10/22, 10/24 |
12 - Partitions
13 - Cauchy's Theorem
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| 10/29, 10/31 |
14 - Conjugacy
15 - Quotient Groups
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| 11/5, 11/7 |
16 - Homomorphisms
17 - Actions, Orbits, and Stabilizers
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| 11/12, 11/14 |
18 - Counting Orbits
19 - Finite Rotation Groups
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| 11/19, 11/21 |
t.b.a.
Essay presentations
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| 11/26 |
Essay presentations
Essays due in class
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| Thanksgiving Break 11/27 – 12/1 |
| 12/3, 12/5 |
Essay presentations
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Final Exam 7:00pm–9:30pm, Wednesday 18th December 2013, RCK110, comprehensive
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