Introduction to Abstract Algebra (Math 113) - Spring 2016
University of California, Berkeley

This semester I am the GSI for all six of the Math 113 courses at Berkeley. This means that I will be holding office hours to supplement the material being taught by the Professor in class. Each professor will hold seperate office hours, which will be posted below.

Contact

Email:
Office Hours: All office hours will be held in 732 Evans Hall. The first office hours will take place on Wednesday January 20th, 9am.

• Tuesday 4-6pm
• Wednesday 9-11am, 5-7pm
• Thursday 5-7pm
• Friday 9-11am

RRR Week

I will be holding office hours during RRR week at the following times:

• Monday 5-7pm
• Tuesday 4-7pm
• Wednesday 9-11am
• Thursday 4-6.30pm

Courses

There are several Math 113 courses being taught this semester. Here are some contact details for each course.

• Where: 9 Evans
• When: TuTh 11am-12.30pm
• Office Hours:

• Where: (1) 3 Evans, (2) 458 Evans
• When: (1) TuTh 9.30-11am, (2) TuTh 12.30-2pm
• Office Hours: M 2-3.30pm, W 9.30-11am (1091 Evans)

• Where: 458 Evans
• When: MWF 10-11am
• Office Hours:

• Where: 9 Evans
• When: MWF 1-2pm
• Office Hours: M 2.30-4.30pm, Th 3.30-4.30pm (723 Evans)

• Where: 9 Evans
• When: MWF 3-4pm
• Office Hours:

References

Here are some supplementary reference to the course textbooks. Please note that some of these textbooks are quite advanced; those considered graduate-level texts (by no-one in particular...) are marked with an asterisk ***. These additional references have not been chosen by the Professors, but are supplementary resources that may/may not be of some use.

• Topics in Algbera - Herstein.
• Basic Algebra I - N. Jacobson.
• A Book of Abstract Algebra - Pinter.
• Abstract Algebra - Dummit & Foote.
• Algebra - M. Artin.
• Classic Algebra - P. Cohn.
• Group Theory - J. Milne (Available online; partially incomplete!)
• Algebra*** - Hungerford.
• An Introduction to Commutative Algebra*** - Atiyah & MacDonald.