Welcome to the course home page for Math 521, Algebra,
with Prof. Patricia Hersh.
My email address is
plhersh at ncsu dot edu. Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
10:15-11:30am, in Harrelson 263.
Textbook: "Algebra", by Michael Artin.
Professor office hours: Mondays 3-4pm, Tuesdays 2-3pm
First homework (due Tues. Sept 2): Section 2.1:
no. 1, 7, and D_4 problem;
Section 2.2: no. 4, 9, 12, 17, 19;
Section 2.3: no. 5, 7, 12, 15
Second homework (due Tues. Sept. 16): Section 2.4: no. 3, 8;
Section 2.5: no. 6, 8;
Section 2.6: no. 2, 3, 10, 12;
Section 2.7: no. 1, 3, 7;
Section 2.8: no. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Third homework (due Thurs. Sept. 25):
Section 2.9: no. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8;
Section 2.10: no. 1, 8, 9
First hourly exam: Thursday, October 2nd, in class.
Suggested exercises:
Section 5.5: no. 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11;
Section 5.6: no. 1, 2, 3, 4
Fourth homework (due Tues. Oct. 21): Section 5.5: no. 3, 4, 10;
Section 5.6: no. 2;
Section 5.7: no. 3, 5;
Section 5.8: no. 2, 3, 7;
Section 5.9: no. 4;
Section 6.1: no. 1, 2, 6
Fifth homework (due Thurs. Oct. 30): Section 6.1: no. 13;
Section 6.2: no. 2, 4, 5, 6, 10;
Section 6.3: no. 1, 3, 5, 8, 11;
Section 6.4: no. 1, 2, 5
Second hourly exam: Tuesday, November 4th, in class.
Sixth homework (due Tues. Nov. 25): Section 10.3: no. 8, 11, 14,
16, 17;
Section 10.4: no. 2, 7, 8; Section 10.5: no. 2, 5, 7, 9
Suggested homework (due Thurs. Dec. 4): Section 10.6: no. 3, 4, 5,
6; Section 10.7: no. 2, 3, 4, 7, 12;
Section 11.1: no. 5, 6, 8, 9, 15;
Section 11.2: no. 1, 5
Final exam: Tuesday, December 16th, 8-11am