Dr Vancliff's Spring 2017 Teaching Page at UTA

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• Math 4321: Undergraduate Abstract Algebra II

• Math 5331: Graduate Abstract Algebra I

Math 4321: Undergraduate Abstract Algebra II

• Office Hours

  • Instructor's office hours (through Th May 4):
    Tues and Thur 3:20-4:00 pm in PKH 462, or classroom of lecture, or by appointment.

  • GTA's office hours (through Th May 4):
    Wed 1:30-2:30 pm & Fri 11 am-noon, both in PKH 423.

  • GTA = Anthony Mastriania.

• Course Information Sheet.

• Homework. Make sure you are viewing the most current version of the homework page and not the version in your browser's cache; reload the page from source, or clear the cache and reload the page. Skimming through the main ideas in a section shortly before that section is covered in class should help you understand the lecture -- try it!
  (Link to instructor's homework assignments in Math 4321 in Spring 2015.)

• Tips on how to study & more tips on how to study. Some of this advice was originally intended for Calculus students, but many of the ideas apply to all courses.

• An interesting and amusing lecture/movie on symmetry and Evariste Galois' work (takes 18 minutes & 19 seconds).

• Guidance on writing proofs (pdf file).

• Mathematics used in the real world and in the background.

• Mathematician voted ``best'' career in 2014 and again in 2015 and yet again in 2016!
  Even if you don't want to be a mathematician, you might consider a Math Minor; ask your academic advisor.

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Math 5331: Graduate Abstract Algebra I

• Office Hours

  • Instructor's office hours (through Th May 4):
    Tues and Thur 4:40-5:20 pm in PKH 462, or by appointment.

  • GTA's office hours (through Th May 4):
    Wed 1:30-2:30 pm & Fri 11 am-noon, both in PKH 423.

  • GTA = Anthony Mastriania.

• Course Information Sheet.

• Homework. Make sure you are viewing the most current version of the homework page and not the version in your browser's cache; reload the page from source, or clear the cache and reload the page. Skimming through the main ideas in a section shortly before that section is covered in class should help you understand the lecture -- try it!

• Tips on how to study & more tips on how to study. Some of this advice was originally intended for Calculus students, but many of the ideas apply to all courses.

• Guidance on writing proofs (pdf file).

• Mathematics used in the real world and in the background.

• Mathematician voted ``best'' career in 2014 and again in 2015 and yet again in 2016!
  Even if you don't want to be a mathematician, you might consider a Math Minor; ask your academic advisor.

• Click here to return to top of page.

(copied from Don Bovee at math.washington.edu)