M417, Fall 2008


Syllabus in .pdf format
Note: the final is on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16, 7-9 a.m.
I will have extra office hours Monday Dec. 14, 10-12 and Tuesday Dec. 15, 10-11.  They will be in my office as there
simply aren't rooms available elsewhere.
The second paper is due the last day of class, Dec. 11.
    Here are some notes to help you with it.
Here are the notes from my office hour review sessions Monday and Tuesday before the final

Homework assignments

       Problems                                                                                due
  Page 8, problems 4 and 5                                                        Aug. 31
  Page 12, problem 1, parts a,b,c,g                                            Sept. 4
  Page 19, problems 1, 2 and 3                                                  Sept. 11
  Page 23, problems 2,6, Page 29 problems 5,8                         Sept. 18  the topic for your first paper is also due on the 18th
  Problem 4 on each of pages 33, 38 and 41                              Sept. 25
  Page 52, prob. 2, Page 61, prob. 1,4, Page 69, prob. 3            Oct. 2
  Page 84. problems 4 and 9                                                       Oct. 16
  Page 94, problems 1, 2 and 6                                             These are suggested for study.  As the first paper is due friday, no HW will be graded this week
  Page 99, problem 1,a,c,e and problem 2                                   Oct. 30
  Page 119, problems 2 and 5, page 124, prob. 1, a,c,g               Nov. 6
  Page 140, #7, page 157, #1                                                       Nov. 13
  Page 158, #6 and #8, a,c and oage 167 #2                                Dec. 4

Lecture notes in .pdf

Aug 24.
Aug 26.
Aug 28.
Aug 31.
Sept 2.
Sept 4.  I fixed the error I made in calculating at the end of class.
Sept 9.  My tablet locked up in the middle and part of one problem I did got lost.
Sept 11.
Sept 14.
Sept 16.
Sept 18.
Sept 21.
Sept 23.
Sept 25.
Sept 28.
Sept 30.
Oct 2.
Oct 5.
Oct 7.  These are the solutions to problems 2 and 3 on last year's exam.
Oct 12. This is solutions to the first exam.
Oct 14.
Oct 16.
Oct 19.  I completed the last lines of the final argument.  
Oct 21.
Oct 23.
Oct 26.  The last example is wrong as the det is -4 and not 4.
Oct 28.
Oct 30.
Nov 2.
Nov 4.
Nov 6.
Nov 9.
Nov 11.
Nov 13.
Nov 16.
Nov 18.  Very brief outline for the exam
Nov 30.  Includes solutions to 2 problems of exam II.
Dec 2.
Dec 4.
Dec 7.
Dec 9.  Review for final, first 4 problems of last year's exam
Dec 11.  More review from '08 final and Dykstra's 2nd exam.

Exams in .pdf

2008 first exam.
2009 first exam
2008 second exam.   with solutions
2009 second exam.
2008 final exam.
Andrew Dykstra's first and second exams from 2007.