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Time and place: lectures MWF 9:35-10:30, Light Engineering Room 102
FINAL IS 11:15-1:30 MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, LOCATION TBA
TEXT: Excursions in Modern Mathematics, by Peter Tannenbaum, seventh edition, Prentice Hall, chapters 1,4, 5,6,7, 13, 15.
My office hours will be MWF 10:40-11:30 in my office, 4-112 in the Math Building.
Lecture Schedule, Homework Assignments, Office Hours Last revised on Thur. Sept. 9, 2010.
Sample questions for Chapter 1 exam. There are seven questions here to illustrate the type of questions that will be on the exam. The actual exam will have 25 questions and some will be a bit harder than these examples.
Sample questions for Chapter 4 exam on Monday, Oct 4. There are six questions here to illustrate the type of questions that will be on the exam. The actual exam will have 25 questions and some will be a bit harder than these examples. Only material from Cahpter 4 and the MiniExcursion on the Huntington-Hill method will be included on this exam.
SPECIAL NOTE: CLASS CANCELED WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6.
SPECIAL NOTE: Chapter 5 homework due week of October 10.
Sample questions for Chapter 5 exam on Monday Oct 18.
Sample questions for Chapter 6 exam on Monday Oct 25.
Sample questions for Chapter 10 exam on Monday Nov 8.
Sample questions for Chapter 14 exam on Monday Nov 22. Sample revised on Nov 16, Solutions: 1-c, 2-e, 3-d, 4-6, 5-a, 6-a,7-c
Sample questions for Chapter 15 exam on Monday Dec 6. Solutions: 1-a, 2-a, 3-e, 4-d, 5-a, 6-c, 7-f, 8-d, 9-d, 10-c, 11-c, 12-f
Grades: There will be seven Chapter exams worth 25 points each. We will drop the lowest grade, so there will be 150 points due to the Chapter exams. There will be 50 points due to homework and a final worth 100 points. The exams will be multiple choice. The final will cover the whole course.
Homework problems will be asssigned from the text and will be handed in at the recitation sections. The recitation instructor will grade and return the homework and go over the solutions as necessary.
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