MA3823 On-Line Materials -- Group Theory

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Group Theory -- MA3823

Section B01

Here, you can find on-line versions of material distributed in class.

Jump now to Week 0, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7.

• GROUP THEORY, WEEK 0 -- October 23 to 26, 2012
  

  Course syllabus in PDF format. (October 22, 2012) Assignment 1 in PDF format. (October 23, 2012)

• GROUP THEORY, WEEK 1 -- October 29 to November 2, 2012
  

  Hurricane Sandy.

• GROUP THEORY, WEEK 2 -- November 5 to 9, 2012
  

  Reading and Exercises for Week 2 in PDF format. (November 5, 2012) Assignment 2 in PDF format. (November 5, 2012)

• GROUP THEORY, WEEK 3 -- November 12 to 16, 2012
  

  Reading and Exercises for Week 3 in PDF format. (November 12, 2012)

• GROUP THEORY, WEEK 4 -- November 19 to 20, 2012
  

  Reading and Exercises for Week 4 in PDF format. (Draft, November 18, 2012)

• GROUP THEORY, WEEK 5 -- November 26 to November 30, 2012
  

  Assignment 3 in PDF format. (November 27, 2012)

• GROUP THEORY, WEEK 6 -- December 3 to 7, 2012
  

  Reading and Exercises for Week 6 in PDF format. (December 3, 2012) Assignment 4 in PDF format. (December 4, 2012) Early posting of Assignment 5 in PDF format. (December 4, 2012)

• GROUP THEORY, WEEK 7 -- December 10 to 13, 2012
  

  Some on-line notes on an amazing theorem about group presentations. John Thompson, Jacques Tits, the Abel Prize and finite simple groups.