Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Groups and Subgroups, Matrix Groups Problem set 1 out
2 Cyclic Groups, Permutations
3 Generators, Isomorphisms Problem set 2 out
4 Homomorphisms
5 Cosets
6 Modular Arithmetic
7 Quotient Groups Problem set 3 out
8 Fields and Vector Spaces
9 Bases and Dimension
10 Computation with Bases Problem set 4 out
11 The Dimension Formula Problem set 5 out
12 First Quiz
13 Linear Operators, Eigenvectors
14 The Characteristic Polynomial Problem set 6 out
15 Rotations
16 Isometries
17 Isometries of the Plane
18 Finite Groups of Motions
19 Discrete Groups Problem set 7 out
20 Discrete Groups (cont.)
21 Group Operations Problem set 8 out
22 Finite Rotation Groups
23 The Class Equation
24 Permutation Representations
25 The Icosahedral Group
26 Second Quiz
27 Bilinear Forms
28 Symmetric Forms Problem set 9 out
29 Hermitian Forms
30 The Spectral Theorem Problem set 10 out
31 Quadrics
32 The Special Unitary Group SU2
33 The Rotation Group
34 One-parameter Groups
35 One-parameter Groups (cont.) Problem set 11 out
36 The Lie Algebra
37 Third Quiz
38 Simple Groups
39 The Alternating Groups