• Professor: Eugene Lerman
• Office: 336 Illini Hall
• Phone: (217) 244-9510
• email: lerman( at )math. uiuc. edu (the best way to contact Eugene Lerman)
• Home page: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~lerman
• Course page: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~lerman/427/f15/427f15.html
  homework assignments are posted at http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~lerman/447/f15/427f15hw.html
  I may also occasionally scan my lecture notes and post them on the homeworks page
• Office Hours: see my calender and/or by appointment
• Class meets:
• MWF  11 am, 241 Altgeld Hall
• Prerequisites: Officially either honors section of math 416 or r MATH 415 together with an honors section of MATH 347. In practice, ability to understand and write proofs. In any case consent of the department is required.

We will study properties of integers, group theory and ring theory.

• Homework: Homework problems are to be assigned once a week. They are due the following week in class. No late homework will be accepted.
• Attendance: of lectures/discussions is expected.

• Exams: There will be quizzes, two midterms and a final. All exams will be closed book.

  The midterms will take place on October 7 and November 18 (the dates are not likely to change).

  The final, according to the non-combined final examination schedule is to take place on 1:30:00– 4:30 PM, Thursday, December 17

  Requests for a make-up exam require a serious documentation and are almost never granted.

• Grade: The formula for the course grade is roughly as follows:
• final exam = 35 %
• 2 midterms at 20 % each = 40%
• homework, quizzes = 25%
There is no plan for a curve.   However, if you do significantly better on the final than your course average grade, I will take that into account.