Math 54, section 214, Spring 2010

Instructor:John Lott
Lecture:TTh 3:30–5 in 1 Pimental
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GSI:Semyon Dyatlov
Discussion section: 214, MWF 10–11 in 2301 Tolman
GSI office hours:Tu 1:30–2:30, W 12:30–1:30 in 858 Evans
Homeworks:Due in class on Monday, if assigned on previous Tuesday, and on Wednesday, if assigned on previous Thursday. Late homework is not accepted. I will grade 2–3 semi-randomly chosen problems in each assignment, pass/fail. Lowest three homework scores will be dropped at the end of the semester.
Quizzes:Given every Friday in the last 15 minutes of class, except January 22, February 26, and April 2. Quizzes cover the material studied in lecture the previous week. There will be no make-up quizzes. Lowest two quiz scores will be dropped at the end of the semester.
Announcements
Fri, May 7:The review session will be held on Friday 1–3PM in 61 Evans.
Wed, May 5:There will be no discussion section on Wednesday or on Friday.
Mon, May 3:We will meet during the usual class time in the usual classroom to cover NS&S, 10.4–10.5. I will also announce your discussion section scores and the times of the review sessions. The last homeworks are due until the end of this week (in section, in office hours, or you can put it into my mailbox in the 9th floor of Evans Hall or slide it under my office door).
Fri, Apr 30:Quiz 11 will cover NS&S, 9.5–9.6 and 10.2. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Apr 28:We did problems 10, 18, 28, 34, and 36 from NS&S, 10.3.
Mon, Apr 26:We did problems 7, 10, 16, 20, 24, and 28 from NS&S, 10.2.
Fri, Apr 23:Quiz 10 will cover NS&S, 6.1–6.2, 9.1, and 9.4. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Apr 21:We did problems 12, 18, 32, 37, and 49 from NS&S, 9.5 and problems 2, 20, and 23 from NS&S, 9.6.
Mon, Apr 19:We did problems 2, 8, and 12 from NS&S, 9.1 and problems 6, 10, 14, 15, 20, 26, and 28 from NS&S, 9.4.
Fri, Apr 16:Quiz 9 will cover NS&S, 4.2–4.5. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Apr 14:We did problems 2, 10, 16, 20, 26, and 28 from NS&S, 6.1 and problems 2, 10, 16, 21, and 26 from NS&S, 6.2.
Mon, Apr 12:We did problems 6, 10, 17, 28, and 30 from NS&S, 4.4 and problems 4, 10, 20, and 35 from NS&S, 4.5.
Fri, Apr 9:Quiz 8 will cover Lay, 6.7 and 7.1. [Quiz with solutions | Solution of today's abstract problem]
Wed, Apr 7:We did problems 4, 6, 14, 28, 33, 35, and 36 from NS&S, 4.2 and problems 4, 24, and 29(c) from NS&S, 4.3.
Sat, Apr 3:Midterm 2 has been graded. You can pick up your exam paper in Monday section or during office hours. The median score in our section was 68, the mean score was 69.19, and the standard deviation was 14.
Fri, Apr 2:We did problems 4, 8, 14, 16, and 19 from Lay, 6.7 and problems 8, 14, 24, 26, and 30 from Lay, 7.1.
Mon, Mar 29:We did problems 4, 8, and 18 from Lay, 6.4 and problems 2, 10, and 18 from Lay, 6.5.
Fri, Mar 19:Quiz 7 will cover Lay, 5.3–5.5 and 6.1. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Mar 17:We did problems 8, 16, 24, 26, 29, 32, and 33 from Lay, 6.2 and problems 4, 8, 18, 20, 22, 23, and 24 from Lay, 6.3.
Mon, Mar 15:We did problems 6, 8, and 14 from Lay, 5.5.
Fri, Mar 12:Quiz 6 will cover Lay, 4.7 and 5.1–5.2. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Mar 10:We did problems 4, 6, 8, 14, 22, and 25 from Lay, 5.3 and problems 4, 6, 12, 16, 20, and 22 from Lay, 5.4.
Mon, Mar 8:We did problems 4, 8, 22, 26, 31, and 32 from Lay, 5.1 and problems 6, 10, 16, 22, and 23 from Lay, 5.2.
Fri, Mar 5:Quiz 5 will cover Lay, 4.5–4.6. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Mar 3:We did problems 2, 8, and 14 from Lay, 4.7 and problems 1, 4, and 9 from Lay, supplementary exercises to chapter 4.
Mon, Mar 1:Midterm 1 has been graded. If you have not picked up your exam paper today, please do so during office hours. The median score in our section was 82, the mean score was 82.25, and the standard deviation was 12.7.
Fri, Feb 19:Quiz 4 will cover Lay, 2.9 and 3.1–3.3.
Wed, Feb 17:We did problems 8, 16, and 27 from Lay, 3.3, and problems 6, 12, 17, 26, 29, and 33 from Lay, 4.1.
Fri, Feb 12:Quiz 3 will cover Lay, 2.1–2.3 and 2.8. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Feb 10:We did problems 4, 10, 16, 20, 22, and 25 from Lay, 2.9 and problems 8, 29, 32, 15, 35, and 39 from Lay, 3.1.
Mon, Feb 8:We did problems 6, 14, 22, 27, 31, and 37 from Lay, 2.3 and problems 2, 14, 19, 20, 24, and 30 from Lay, 2.8.
Fri, Feb 5:Quiz 2 will cover Lay, 1.5 and 1.7–1.9. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Feb 3:We did problems 4, 6, 12, 6, 18, and 26 from Lay, 2.1 and problems 2, 14, 17, 22, 31, and 37 from Lay, 2.2.
Mon, Feb 1:We did problems 5, 7, 14, 22, 32, and 35 from Lay, 1.8 and problems 2, 10, 18, 29, 30, and 35 from Lay, 1.9.
Fri, Jan 29:Quiz 1 will be given at the end of the section and will cover Lay, 1.1–1.4. [Quiz with solutions]
Wed, Jan 27:We did problems 6, 13, 23, 18, 22, and 35 from Lay, 1.5 and problems 4, 12, 16, 10, 38, and 39 from Lay, 1.7.
Mon, Jan 25:We did problems 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 21, 24, 29, and 33 from Lay, 1.4.
Fri, Jan 22:We did problems 2, 4, 8, 12, 17, 16, 19, 21, and 24 from Lay, 1.3.

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