MTH 461: Survey of Modern Algebra
University of Miami, Spring 2026
Instructor: Christopher Scaduto
Email: c.scaduto @ math.miami.edu
Office: Ungar 525
Office hours: 8am-9am Tuesday, 10am-11am Thursday, or by appointment
Time and Location: TuTh 12:30-1:45pm,
Dooly Memorial 118
Course syllabus can be found here.
Writing assignment (for writing credit): info here.
Homework Assignments
All homeworks are worth the same, even if graded out of different totals.
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Remarks |
| Homework 1: TBD |
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| Homework 2: TBD |
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Course Schedule
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Reading |
| 1/13/26 |
Syllabus overview, introduction, definition of a group |
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| 1/15/26 |
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| 1/20/26 |
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| 1/22/26 |
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| 1/27/26 |
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| 2/12/26 |
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| 2/26/26 |
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| 3/3/26 |
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| 3/5/26 |
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| 3/10/26 |
Spring break |
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| 3/12/26 |
Spring break |
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| 3/17/26 |
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| 3/19/26 |
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| 3/24/26 |
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| 3/26/26 |
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| 3/31/26 |
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| 4/21/26 |
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