Claas Röver's Teaching Pages - Course MA343 Sem 1 2012/13
This is the first part of
Group Theory.
A sylabus is available
here.
Lectures are Thursdays at 12pm in AC214 and Fridays at 12pm in AC201
Tutorials: Mon 1pm in ENG-2033 and Thu 11am in AC202 from week three (Sep 17) onwards.
Assessment: Three homework assignments 30%, Exam (winter) 70%.
Books The following is a long list of Group Theory books
and you don't have to read all of them. They are all written in a
different style and you may like one more than the others. So have a
look at a few of them and pick your favourite one.
J. J. Rotman,
An Introduction to the Theory of Groups, Springer (1995)
D. J. S. Robinson,
A Course in the Theory of Groups, Springer (1993)
P. M. Neumann & G. A. Stoy,
Groups and Geometry, Oxford University Press (1994)
G. Smith & O. Tabachnikova,
Topics in Group Theory, Springer (2000)
A. G. Kurosh,
The Theory of Groups, Chelsea Pub. Co. (1955)
I. D. Macdonald,
The Theory of Groups, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1968)
R. C. Lyndon & P. E. Schupp,
Combinatorial Group Theory, Springer (1977)
W. Burnside,
Theory of Groups of Finite Order, Cambridge University Press (1897)
B. Huppert,
Endliche Gruppen, Springer (1967) (in German!!)
B. Huppert & N. Blackburn,
Finite Groups, Springer (1982)
Transparencies/Handouts
Definitions and Theorems in Group Theory in ps or pdf format
Notes on Groups of Order Eight
Problem Sheets
Sheet 1 in ps or pdf format
Sheet 2 in ps or pdf format
Assignment 1 in ps or pdf format
Sheet 4 in ps or pdf format
Assignment 2 in ps or pdf format
Sheet 6 in ps or pdf format
Assignment 3 in ps or pdf format
which is due on Thursday, November 15, 2012.