Math 230, Spring `99

Past Announcements

• 5/5/99: A little advice concerning the final exam.
• 4/27/99: I'll hold review sessions in 120 DeBartolo on Friday, April 30 from 3-5 PM and Wednesday, May 5 from 5-7 PM. Please try to show up in the first hour of these review sessions if possible--more people present at the same time makes for a better session I think. Also, keep in mind that ' you will be driving these sessions with your questions. I don't plan to prepare examples or anything like that in advance. In addition to the review sessions, I'll be in my office on Thursday May 6 from 3-5 PM, and I'm willing to make appointments to meet with you at other times if the need arises.
• 4/22/99: The time and location for the final exam are as follows: 8-10 AM on Friday May 7 in DeBartolo 120 (our usual room). I plan to hold some extra office hours during finals week and maybe even reserve a class room for a review session. The times (and places) for these will be posted here as soon as I set them in stone.
• 4/22/99: The Mathematica assignment and all other uncollected homework will be due the last day of class (Wednesday, April 28).
• 4/7/99: We have our second exam during class next Thursday, April 15. It will cover chapters 3, 4, 5, and whatever part of 7 we finish by Monday (probably including 7.6 or 7.7). I won't be there during the exam (someone will proctor for me), but I'll use next Wednesday's class for review (i.e. I'll answer any questions you might have at that time). In the meantime, check out these comments about preparing for the exam.
• 4/7/99: There will be no class next Friday, April 16.
• 3/30/99: The last Mathematica assignment is now posted. Start as soon as you can!
• 3/25/99: I'm back.
• 2/28/99: Beginning next Saturday (3/6) I'll be going to Pisa for three weeks for research purposes. When you get back from spring break, class will go on as usual, except that Professor Stanton (stanton.1@nd.edu) will be giving lectures for two weeks, and Roxana Smarandache will be fielding questions and giving quizzes during Thursday tutorials. Please give them your full attention and respect, and as always, don't hesitate to ask them questions about the material they're covering. It can be a bit tricky to take over a class mid-semester, so your questions will be important cues for them. Jetlagged or not, I'll be back in the classroom on Monday March 29.
• 2/24/99: Note the change in due dates for the latest Mathematica assignment.
• 2/8/99: I've posted a Mathematica assignment on numerical solutions of first order ODE's. The deadline for turning this one in is Wednesday, March 3.
• 2/10/99: Note that we have an exam next Thursday (i.e. 2/18). It will include questions dealing with all the material covered through Monday--by which time I plan to be done discussing Section 3.3. (Postscrpt: I didn't finish 3.3, so the exam will only deal with material through 3.2 and the corresponding parts of 4.1).
• 1/22/99: I've posted the first (mandatory) Mathematica assignment on the Mathematica page and in the course AFS space (assign2.nb). It's on first order ODE's, of course. Download it, do it, turn it in two weeks...
• 2/1/99: I will hold office hours from 5:30-6:30 PM today (rather than from 3-4 PM).
• 1/25/99: I just realized that I've got an important colloquium to attend today at 4:30 PM. I'll have to move my office hours up by half an hour (to 3:30-4:30) in order to make it. If this causes you any inconvenience please let me know, and I'll schedule an appointment to meet with you at a different time. Sorry about the short notice!
• 1/18/99: My office hour today will be from 3-4 PM rather than 4-5 PM.
• 1/13/99: There will be no class Friday, January 15