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  MATH 4321             INFORMATION SHEET FOR TEST ONE           SPRING 2011


  * Owing to UTA being closed on Thurs Feb 3, Test 1 will be in class on 
    Tues Feb 8.  Test 1 will last 15 minutes.
  
  * The relevant sections for the test are Sections 18,19,20. The homework 
    for that material is posted online at my website 
    https://vancliff.utasites.cloud/T/S11/hwk4321.html . 
  
  * My office hours are Tues/Thurs 3:20-3:50 pm & 5:20-5:50 pm. In addition, 
    some class time before the test starts will be available for asking me 
    questions.  Ph: 817-272-3932, e-mail: vancliff@uta.edu .
  
  * You should learn definitions such as ring, subring, division ring, field,
    unit, zero divisor, integral domain, homomorphism, isomorphism.  You 
    should be ready to present examples like those occurring in the homework,
    and be able to show that a subset of a ring is a subring. Moreover, any 
    question in the homework is game for the test.
    
  * Only calculators specified on the first-day handout will be permitted in 
    the test.  If you bring one, make sure the batteries are working. Also 
    bring some form of photo ID.
  
  * Try to keep your eyes on your own work during the test.
  
  * If you wish to leave the room during the test, you should ask permission 
    first & turn in your test to me. Only in exceptional circumstances will 
    I let you continue the test should you return. (So it is better to be 
    3 minutes late to the test, rather than ask to go to the bathroom during 
    the test.) If you finish early but prefer to stay in the room, then you 
    should NOT get out any work, book nor item, no matter what the subject 
    matter is, without first checking with me.  Should you wish to leave 
    the test early, then you may.
  
  * It is your responsibility to be on time.
  
  * I plan to return the graded test to you on Thurs Feb 10 with a solution 
    sheet.
  
  
For your mathematical edification, I recommend the link at my website to 
a 19-minute movie on abstract algebra!  

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