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  MATH 4321             INFORMATION SHEET FOR TEST THREE         SPRING 2012


  * Test 3 will be in class on Thurs Mar 22. Test 3 will last 40 minutes.
  
  * The relevant sections for the test are Sections 18-24, 26, 27 inclusive. 
    The homework for that material is posted online at my website 
    https://vancliff.utasites.cloud/T/S12/hwk4321.html . 
  
  * My office hours are Tues and Thurs 4:00-4:50 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, field of
    quotients, (ir)reducible polynomial, (left/right) ideal, factor ring, 
    maximal ideal, prime ideal, prime field. 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.  It is usually a good idea to learn any 
    theorem that has a name.  Moreover, any question in the homework is game 
    for the test.
    
  * As part of your study, I suggest you look over all the homework problems
    and your solutions to them, skim through the lecture notes, and look over 
    Tests 1 & 2 and their solutions; see  
    vancliff.utasites.cloud/T/S12/4321t1s.pdf   and 
    vancliff.utasites.cloud/T/S12/4321t2s.pdf   
    for the solutions to Tests 1 & 2 (use password  math4321  to open the 
    files).   I also suggest looking through the table of contents in your 
    book, since that gives a brief summary of the material that we have 
    covered.

  * No calculators are allowed; no notes are allowed. 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 Tues Mar 27 with a solution 
    sheet.
  
  
For your mathematical edification, I recommend the link at my website to 
a 19-minute movie on abstract algebra!   See 
    https://vancliff.utasites.cloud/T/S12/#4321

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