• 12/12/07:Hints and solutions 2 and 3 available below.
• 11/12/07:Sample examination paper available below.
• 27/11/07:Notes 3 and exercises 3 available below.
• 16/10/07:Notes 2 available below.
• 1/10/07:Supplementary notes on Zassenhaus's butterfly lemma and the Jordan-Hölder theorem available below.
• 19/09/07: Part 1 of the notes is now available. The link to the official module information should be taken with a pinch of salt: I plan to make significant changes to the syllabus. The other links are just place-holders for the moment.

• Lectures: Thursday 2-4pm, Room 513, followed by a brief tutorial.
• Lecturer: Professor Robert Wilson, Room G51. For office hours, see my homepage.

• Course Description from the Maths UG Handbook
• Course information sheet (PDF file)
• Key objectives and exam rubric
• sample exam paper

Notes

• Notes 1: Introduction. Supplementary notes on Zassenhaus's butterfly lemma and the Jordan-Hölder theorem.
• Notes 2: Examples of interesting groups.
• Notes 3: Permutation groups and Iwasawa's Lemma.

Coursework

• Coursework 1, and Solutions
• Coursework 2, and Solutions.
• Coursework 3, and Solutions

Other course material

• Nothing yet.

The recommended course text is ???

• The notes for the course Algebraic structures II may be useful for (a) revision and/or (b) filling in gaps

• General:

Robert A. Wilson

Created 19 September 2007
Updated 12 December 2007