Math190 - Topics in Algebra - AY2023-2024 spring

Lectures

Date DOW Desc Seq Week Details
01/17 Wed Lecture 1 1 RT 1: groups & homomorphisms; linear algebra
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
01/29 Mon Lecture 4 3 RT 4: Schurs Lemma; irreducible reps
01/31 Wed Lecture 5 3 RT 5: conjugacy classes; characters
02/05 Mon Lecture 6 4 RT 6: Fourier transform; FFT
02/07 Wed Lecture 7 4 RT 7: symmetric gps & probability
02/12 Mon Lecture 8 5 RT 8: using GAP
02/14 Wed Lecture 9 5 RT 9: follow-up on 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 Lecture 11 6 ECC 2: Finite fields; affine and proj spaces
02/22 Thu Tufts 6 Tufts: Monday schedule
02/26 Mon Lecture 12 7 ECC 3: Block codes & asymptotics
02/28 Wed Lecture 13 7 ECC 4: Linear codes, duals, & decoding
03/04 Mon Lecture 14 8 ECC 5: cyclic codes; MDS codes
03/06 Wed Lecture 15 8 ECC 6:
03/11 Mon Lecture 16 9 ECC 7:
03/13 Wed Lecture 17 9 ECC 8:
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 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 Lecture 18 11 FM 1:
03/27 Wed Lecture 19 11 FM 2:
04/01 Mon Lecture 20 12 FM 3:
04/03 Wed Lecture 21 12 FM 4:
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
04/08 Mon Lecture 22 13 FM 5:
04/10 Wed Lecture 23 13 FM 6:
04/15 Mon Tufts 14 No classes: Patriots’ Day
04/17 Wed Tufts 14 No classes: Makeup Day (no classes)
04/22 Mon Lecture 24 15 FM 7:
04/24 Wed Lecture 25 15 FM 8:
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 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