• Professor: Eugene Lerman
• Office: 336 Illini Hall
• Phone: (217) 244-9510
• email: lerman( at )illinois. edu (the best way to contact Eugene Lerman)
• Home page: https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/~lerman
• Course page: https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/~lerman/427/f19/427f19.html
  homework assignments and course materials are posted at
  https:/faculty.math.illinois.edu/~lerman/427/f19/427f19hw.html
  
• Office Hours: see my calender and/or by appointment
• Class meets:
• MWF  11 am, 243 Altgeld Hall
• Prerequisites: Officially either honors section of math 416 or MATH 415 together with an honors section of MATH 347. In practice, ability to read and write proofs. In any case consent of the department is required.

We will study properties of integers, group theory and ring theory. So roughly the first 5 chapters of Nicholson.

• Homework: Homework problems are to be assigned once a week. They are due the following week in class not by email. No late homework will be accepted.
• Attendance: of lectures/discussions is expected.

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

  The midterms will take place on October 11 and November 20 (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 19

  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 = 25%