Mathematics 310A       Spring 2005

Homework, reading, quizzes:

Homework, due Friday Reading, for Friday's class Quiz, the following Monday
April 1:
    problems 1.20 (assume that a is nonzero), 1.37, 1.39, 1.52
April 1:
    Chapter 2
April 4:
    no quiz
April 8:
    problems 1.46, 2.4abc (no justification required), 2.16, 2.28, 2.37efg, 2.51a.
April 8:
    Chapter 3
April 11:
    Quiz 1
April 15:
    problems 3.5, 3.16, 3.23, 3.31, 3.39, 3.56
April 15:
    Chapter 4, up to page 85.
April 18:
    Quiz 2
April 22:
    problems 3.64, 4.12, 4.25ace, 4.26, 4.27, 4.28
April 22:
    Finish Chapter 4.
April 25:
    Quiz 3
April 29:
    problems 4.33, 4.34, 4.35, 4.36, 4.42, 4.46
April 29:
    Read Chapter 5, up to page 110 (stop
    at the "Permutations" section).
May 2:
    Quiz 4
May 6:
    problems 5.9, 5.19, 5.25, 5.42, 5.46
May 6:
    Finish Chapter 5.
May 9:
    Quiz 5
May 13:
    problems 5.52, 5.53, 5.57, 5.62, 5.64 (in the hint, the upper limit on the sum should be k+1).
May 13:
    Read Chapter 6.
May 16:
    Quiz 6
May 20:
    problems 6.8, 6.24, 6.28, 6.30, 6.34, 6.40
(Add "for any nonnegative integer n" to the end of problem 30.)
May 20:
    Read Chapter 7 (skim the part on relations, and skip the "optional" part on congruence and groups).
May 23:
    Quiz 7
May 27:
    problems 7.6, 7.16, 7.19, 7.29, 7.30, 7.31
May 27:
    Read Chapter 8.
May 30:
    no class, no quiz.
June 3:
    problems 8.1, 8.18, 8.21
June 3:
    review
June 6:
    final exam

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