"I'm sorry I couldn't turn in my homework. I was watching the world series and got tied up proving it's absolute convergence."
| Office hours |
Thu 10:45--11:45, and Fri 1:30 -- 2:30 in 382-F Additionally the CA Tsz-Ho FONG will hold office hours in 380-G at the following times: Mon 4:00--5:00, Thu 3:00--5:00, Fri 3:00--4:00. |
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| Midterm | Tuesday fifth week (Oct 23) in class |
| Final | Friday December 14th, 12:15--3:15 in 380-C (as scheduled by the registrar) |
Given that there are roughly 60 students, most of whom are not math majors, I will not stray much from your textbook. The course will roughly consist of the first six chapters of your text.
Grading Your final grade will be the average of your homework, midterm and final with the midterm counting as 30%, final 50% and your homework 20%.
Your score on the midterm roughly corresponds to your grade as follows: 35 and up is an A. 22 and up is a B. 13 and up is C. Remember that if you did badly on the midterm, I offered to drop it entirely, and make your grade the average of 80% your final, and 20% homework. (Thus everyone's final grade will be the max of your homework, midterm, final weighted at 20, 30, 50 respectively, and your homework and final weighted at 20 and 80 respectively.) However forgiving bad performance on your midterm only helps you if you do better on the final.
Homework Homework will be assigned every week on Thursday, and due in class on the following Thursday at the beginning of class. Late homework will NEVER be accepted. However to accommodate for unusual circumstances (e.g. too much beer), one homework will not count towards your grade. Working in groups is encouraged, but blindly copying will certainly guarantee miserable performance on all exams.
Tsz kindly agreed to write solutions. (Be sure to thank him). You can download solutions here, or access them directly via AFS at /afs/ir/class/math131/WWW/solutions/
W. Strauss Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction.
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"I'm sorry I couldn't turn in my homework. I was watching the world series and got tied up proving it's absolute convergence."