Please
solve the problems in the order in which they are assigned.
Don't
forget to write your name on
the front, and to staple the pages together.
Homework #1 (Due Tuesday September 22, 2009) :
Section 0.1 # 3, 7, 9,
15
Section
0.2 # 3, 11
Section
0.3 # 3, 5,
7, 16
Homework
#2 (Due Tuesday September 29, 2009) :
Section
0.3 # 14 (use the binomial theorem), 16, 25,
34
Section
0.4 # 3, 14, 19
Section
0.5 # 3, 7, 8, 18
Homework
#3 (Due Tuesday October 13, 2009) : We will have a quiz on Tuesday.
The quiz
will consist of two problems, chosen from the problems
assigned below in Section
1.1. .
Section
1.1 # 1, 2, 3, 7, 11 (use induction), 14,19, 20, 22
(prove that there is an element which is equal to its own inverse),
25
(use theorem 0.3.16), 28, 29
Homework
#4 (Due Thursday October 22, 2009) :
Section
1.2 # 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 18, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34
Section
1.3 # 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 18, 20, 21, 23
Our first exam will be given on
Tuesday October 27
Homework # 5 (Due Thursday November 19)
Section 1.4 # 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 25, 27,
29, 38
Homework
# 6 (Due Thursday December 2)
Section 2.1 # 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22,
23, 29, 34,
Section 2.2 # 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16, 23, 24, 25, 29, 35,
40, 42
Final exam: 11:45AM-2:45PM,
Thursday, December 17. Location: Our classroom
Take home exam: Exam Two
The take home exam is due on December 17. The starred problems are a
bit more difficult than the others.