Math 404: what we've covered so far

• Monday, 27 March. Covered Section 10.1, rings.
• Wednesday, 29 March. Covered Section 10.2, polynomials. Started Section 10.3, homomorphisms and ideals.
• Friday, 31 March. Continued Section 10.3.
• Monday, 3 April. Finished Section 10.3.
• Wednesday, 5 April. Started Section 10.4, quotient rings.
• Friday, 7 April. Continued Section 10.4.
• Monday, 10 April. Finished Section 10.4, just barely started Section 10.5, adjunction of elements.
• Wednesday, 12 April. Continued Section 10.5.
• Friday, 14 April. Continued Section 10.5.
• Monday, 17 April. Finished Section 10.5, started Section 10.6, integral domains and fraction fields.
• Wednesday, 19 April. Finished Section 10.6
• Friday, 21 April. Started Section 10.7, maximal ideals.
• Monday, 24 April. Continued Section 10.7.
• Wednesday, 26 April. Finished Section 10.7, started Section 10.8, algebraic geometry.
• Friday, 28 April. Rambled on some more about Section 10.8.
• Monday, 1 May. Started Section 11.1, factorization in Z and F[x].
• Wednesday, 3 May. Finished Section 11.1, started Section 11.2, UFDs, PIDs, and Euclidean domains.
• Friday, 5 May. Continued Section 11.2.
• Monday, 8 May. Continued Section 11.2.
• Wednesday, 10 May. Declared Section 11.2 finished, and started Section 11.3, Factorization in Q[x] and Z[x].
• Friday, 12 May. Finished Section 11.3.
• Monday, 15 May. Started Section 11.4, Criteria for irreducibility in Q[x] and Z[x].
• Wednesday, 17 May. Finished Section 11.4, started Section 11.5, Primes in Z[i].
• Friday, 19 May. Continued Section 11.5.
• Monday, 22 May. Started Section 13.2, algebraic and transcendental field elements.
• Wednesday, 24 May. Continued Section 13.2.
• Friday, 26 May. Started discussing Section 13.4, construction with straightedge and compass.
• Wednesday, 31 May. Continued with Section 13.4, also started 13.3, the degree of a field extension.
• Friday, 2 June. Finished up loose ends in Sections 13.3 and 13.4.

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