Course description:  

 

 

 

The format of the class will normally (but not always) be as follows.  Each topic will be introduced by a lecture with ‘gaps’ to be filled in by the class.  There will be several unanswered questions to be worked on before the next class.   In that class  you will discuss those questions, and frequently others, in small groups.  After these discussions the class will write up solutions to the problems.   

 

Grading: 

 

Homework 25%, Prelims 25% (10% for the first, 15% for the second), Final 30%, Class participation 20%


Prelims: 

 

There will be at least one prelim and one final.  The date of the prelim will be determined shortly after the beginning of the semester.   The university has scheduled the final for December 14, 2-4:30 pm.

 

Short Prelim (approx. 30 minutes)  Oct. 7 in class 

Second Short Prelim (approx. 35 minutes) - Nov. 20 in class

Lecture topics;

 

The content of the course will be most, but definitely not all, of the first 15 chapters of the text.  There will also be some content from class that is separate and not in the text.  

 

 

Homework:

 

There will be weekly homework, but the assignments will be shorter than what you might expect in a 4000-level math class.  The assignments will be designed to be finished in 3 or 4 days, but will not be due until until one week after they are available.  Since the specific questions on the homework will be determined by what happens during the discussion groups, homework will not be available until the week before it is due.  

 

hw1

hw2

hw3

No homework the week of Sept. 30 - Oct. 7

hw5

hw6

hw7

hw8

hw9

hw10

 

Discussion questions

 

9/9

9/16

9/23

9/30

10/9

10/18

10/25

11/1

11/8

11/15

12/2

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