MA 340
Applicable Algebra

Instructor: Martha Yip
Email: martha.yip [at sign] uky.edu
Office: POT 775
Office Hours: Mon. 10--11am, Tue. 3--4pm, Wed. 2--3pm,
                      or by appointment

Lecture: MWF 1:00pm--1:50pm, CB 347

Calendar subject to revision during the semester. Last updated 05-Mar-2015.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
Jan 14

Introduction
2ABC

Jan 16

3ACD Extended Euclidean Algorithm
2
Jan 19

MLK Day
Jan 21

3E Linear Diophantine Equations
3B Bases
Jan 23

4ABC Primes, and the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

3
Jan 26

5ABE Congruences

Jan 28

5F, 6AB Equivalence Relations
Jan 30

6CE Modular arithmetic

4
Feb 02

Feb 04

7A Rings

Drop deadline
Feb 06

7C Zero Divisors
5
Feb 09

7D Ring Homomorphisms
Feb 11

9AB Fermat's Theorem

Withdraw deadline
Feb 13

9C Euler's Theorem

6
Feb 18

10A RSA
7
Feb 23

10B Primality Test

Feb 25

11A Groups
Feb 27

11B Subroups
8
Mar 02

11C Lagrange's Theorem

Mar 04

11F Group Homomorphisms
Mar 06

9
Mar 09

Mar 11

11H Cayley's Theorem
Mar 13

12AD Chinese Remainder Theorem

10
Mar 16

Spring Break
Mar 17

Spring Break
Mar 18

Spring Break
Mar 19

Spring Break
Mar 20

Spring Break
11
Mar 23

Mar 25


Mar 27



12
Mar 30


Apr 01


Apr 03


No worksheet 25
13
Apr 06


No prep 26
Apr 08


Apr 10



Withdraw deadline
14
Apr 13

Apr 15


No prep 29
Apr 17


No worksheet, do Problem 23D.18

15
Apr 20


No worksheet, read Example 3.3.4.
Apr 22


Apr 24

CT 4.2 Minimal Polynomials

16
Apr 27

CT 4.3 BCH Codes
Apr 29

CT 4.3 RS Codes
May 01

17
May 06

Final Exam
1-3pm