Math190 - Topics in Algebra - AY2023-2024 spring

Course Calendar

Date DOW Desc Seq Week Details
01/17 Wed Lecture 1 1 RT 1: groups & homomorphisms; linear algebra
01/18 Thu Meeting Office hours 0 1 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
01/19 Fri Meeting Office hours 0 1 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
01/19 Fri Assignment 1 no assignment collected
01/22 Mon Meeting Office hours 0 2 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
01/22 Mon Lecture 2 2 RT 2: representations; sub-reps; homomorphisms
01/24 Wed Lecture 3 2 RT 3: direct sums; complete reducibility
01/24 Wed Tufts 2 Academic Date: Last day to add a course
01/25 Thu Meeting Office hours 1 2 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
01/26 Fri Meeting Office hours 1 2 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
01/26 Fri Assignment 2 PSet 01 - RT
01/29 Mon Meeting Office hours 1 3 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
01/29 Mon Lecture 4 3 RT 4: Schurs Lemma; irreducible reps
01/31 Wed Lecture 5 3 RT 5: conjugacy classes; characters
02/01 Thu Meeting Office hours 2 3 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
02/02 Fri Meeting Office hours 2 3 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/02 Fri Assignment 3 PSet 02 - RT
02/05 Mon Meeting Office hours 2 4 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/05 Mon Lecture 6 4 RT 6: Fourier transform; FFT
02/07 Wed Lecture 7 4 RT 7: symmetric gps & probability
02/08 Thu Meeting Office hours 3 4 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
02/09 Fri Meeting Office hours 3 4 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/09 Fri Assignment 4 PSet 03 - RT
02/12 Mon Meeting Office hours 3 5 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/12 Mon Lecture 8 5 RT 8: using GAP
02/14 Wed Lecture 9 5 RT 9: follow-up on GAP
02/15 Thu Meeting Office hours 4 5 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
02/16 Fri Meeting Office hours 4 5 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/16 Fri Assignment 5 PSet 04 - RT (Gap)
02/19 Mon Tufts 6 No classes: Presidents’ Day
02/21 Wed Lecture 10 6 ECC 1: Entropy and information channels
02/21 Wed Tufts 6 Academic Date: Last day to drop a course without record
02/22 Thu Meeting Office hours 5 6 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
02/22 Thu Lecture 11 6 ECC 2: Finite fields; affine and proj spaces
02/22 Thu Tufts 6 Tufts: Monday schedule
02/23 Fri Meeting Office hours 5 6 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/23 Fri Assignment 6 PSet 05 - ECC
02/26 Mon Meeting Office hours 4 7 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
02/26 Mon Lecture 12 7 ECC 3: Block codes & asymptotics
02/28 Wed Lecture 13 7 ECC 4: Linear codes, duals, & decoding
02/29 Thu Meeting Office hours 6 7 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
03/01 Fri Meeting Office hours 6 7 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/01 Fri Assignment 7 PSet 06 - ECC
03/04 Mon Meeting Office hours 5 8 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/04 Mon Lecture 14 8 ECC 5: cyclic codes; MDS codes
03/06 Wed Lecture 15 8 ECC 6:
03/07 Thu Meeting Office hours 7 8 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
03/08 Fri Meeting Office hours 7 8 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/08 Fri Assignment 8 PSet 07 - ECC
03/11 Mon Meeting Office hours 6 9 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/11 Mon Lecture 16 9 ECC 7:
03/13 Wed Lecture 17 9 ECC 8:
03/14 Thu Meeting Office hours 8 9 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
03/15 Fri Meeting Office hours 8 9 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/15 Fri Assignment 9 PSet 08 - ECC
03/16 Sat Tufts 9 No classes: Spring Break
03/17 Sun Tufts 9 No classes: Spring Break
03/18 Mon Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/19 Tue Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/20 Wed Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/21 Thu Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/22 Fri Assignment 10 no assignment collected (spring break)
03/22 Fri Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/23 Sat Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/24 Sun Tufts 10 No classes: Spring Break
03/25 Mon Meeting Office hours 7 11 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/25 Mon Lecture 18 11 FM 1:
03/27 Wed Lecture 19 11 FM 2:
03/28 Thu Meeting Office hours 9 11 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
03/29 Fri Meeting Office hours 9 11 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
03/29 Fri Assignment 11 PSet 08 - FM
04/01 Mon Meeting Office hours 8 12 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/01 Mon Lecture 20 12 FM 3:
04/03 Wed Lecture 21 12 FM 4:
04/03 Wed Assignment 12 Final project proposals due
04/03 Wed Tufts 12 Academic Date: Last day to withdraw from a course with W
04/03 Wed Tufts 12 Academic Date: Last day to select Pass/Fail Option
04/04 Thu Meeting Office hours 10 12 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
04/05 Fri Meeting Office hours 10 12 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/05 Fri Assignment 12 PSet 09 - FM
04/08 Mon Meeting Office hours 9 13 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/08 Mon Lecture 22 13 FM 5:
04/10 Wed Lecture 23 13 FM 6:
04/11 Thu Meeting Office hours 11 13 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
04/12 Fri Meeting Office hours 11 13 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/12 Fri Assignment 13 PSet 10 - FM
04/15 Mon Tufts 14 No classes: Patriots’ Day
04/17 Wed Tufts 14 No classes: Makeup Day (no classes)
04/18 Thu Meeting Office hours 12 14 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
04/19 Fri Meeting Office hours 12 14 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/19 Fri Assignment 14 no assignment collected
04/22 Mon Meeting Office hours 10 15 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/22 Mon Lecture 24 15 FM 7:
04/24 Wed Lecture 25 15 FM 8:
04/25 Thu Meeting Office hours 13 15 **13:00-14:00 JCC 559
04/26 Fri Meeting Office hours 13 15 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/26 Fri Assignment 15 PSet 11 - FM
04/29 Mon Meeting Office hours 11 16 **13:30-14:30 JCC 559
04/29 Mon Lecture 26 16 FM 9:
04/30 Tue Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/01 Wed Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/02 Thu Tufts 16 Academic Date: Reading Period
05/03 Fri Assignment 16 Final Project Due
05/03 Fri Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/04 Sat Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/05 Sun Tufts 16 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/06 Mon Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/07 Tue Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/08 Wed Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/09 Thu Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period
05/10 Fri Tufts 17 Academic Date: Final Exam Period