Information on the course M2PM2

Lecturer: Prof M W Liebeck

Problem sheets

The course will have a problem sheet handed out at the first lecture each week. The sheet will also appear on the web page.

Solution sheets

Solutions to the problem sheets will be handed out in class about 2 weeks after the sheets are handed out. I will not post solutions on the webpage.

Office hour: Tuesday 12.00

Recommended books

For group theory and rings and fields, there are many good introductory books. Here are a few suggestions:

J.B. Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra, Addison Wesley

R. Allenby, Rings, Fields and Groups, Arnold

I.N. Herstein, Topics in Algebra

For linear algebra, here are a few good ones:

S. Lang, Linear Algebra

J. Fraleigh and R. Beauregard, Linear Algebra, Addison Wesley

S. Lipschutz and M. Lipson, Linear Algebra, Schaum Outline Series, McGraw Hill