Problem sheets

Integration with respect to arc length: parametrising a curve, the length element $ds = |\mathbf{r}'(t)|\,dt$, arc length, curves in polar coordinates, the mass and centre of mass of a wire, symmetry instead of computation.

Problems for seminar 2 of the course "Algebra 1" (A. A. Avilov, Independent University of Moscow, autumn 2026), 14 September 2026 — group homomorphisms, the homomorphism theorem, conjugate elements, group actions. The group $\operatorname{Hom}(A, B)$ of abelian groups; multiplicativity of the index; the third isomorphism theorem; isomorphic subgroups with non-isomorphic quotients; conjugacy in $S_n$ and cycle type; conjugacy classes of $A_5$; $\operatorname{Aut}(S_n) = S_n$ for $n \ne 6$; the rotation and symmetry groups of the cube; a homomorphism $S_4 \to S_3$; the symmetry group of the icosahedron; the automorphism group of the Petersen graph.

Problems for seminar 1 of the course "Algebra 1" (A. A. Avilov, Independent University of Moscow, autumn 2026), 7 September 2026 — groups, normal subgroups and quotients, the symmetric group. Classification of groups of order 3, 4, 6, 10; groups in which every element has order 2; generators and relations for $D_n$; finite generation of $\mathbb{Q}$ and $\mathbb{Q}^*$; the centre, subgroups and normal subgroups of $D_n$; direct sums; the Chinese remainder theorem; cycles and cycle types in $S_6$, orders of elements of $S_{10}$; generators of $S_n$; inner automorphisms; automorphism groups of $\mathbb{Z}$, $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$, $S_3$, $S_4$.