Claas Röver's Teaching Pages - Course MA343 Sem 1 2011/12

Lectures are at 12-1pm on Thursdays (AC214) and Fridays (AC204).
Tutorials: are Mondays 1-2pm and Mondays 2-3 in C219 (Áras de Brún); pick one of them
Assessment: Homework assignments 30%, Exam (winter) 70%.

Books
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
C++ code for a video of a cube with three planes meeting at a corner. You need a C++ compiler and the OpenGL library (freeglut3 in Ubuntu/Debian) on your system. Compile with g++ cube.cc -lGL -lGLU -lglut.

Problem Sheets
Sheet 1 in ps or pdf format
Sheet 2 in ps or pdf format
Assignment 1 in ps or pdf format, which is due Thursday, 6th October, 2011, at the start of the lecture.
Sheet 4 in ps or pdf format
Assignment 2 in ps or pdf format, which is due Thursday, 27th October, 2011, at the start of the lecture.
Sheet 6 in ps or pdf format
Assignment 3 in ps or pdf format, which is due Thursday, 17th November, 2011, at the start of the lecture.

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