Math 221
Fall, 2010

Prof. Michael Wolf

Office: Herman Brown 404, x6293
Tentative Office Hours: TTh 2:30-3:30 AND by appointment

TA: TBA

Text: Notes of Frank Jones, available at HB448 (office of Prof. Jones) for total cost (includes tax) of $23.

Homework: Typically due weekly.
     Homework Assignments

Pledge Policy: Can you work together? In a word, yes. It's even a good idea, as you can learn a lot from each other, and working together on a problem is more fun than working it alone. BUT you should realize that it carries risk, as it is very easy to end up in a situation where you are not learning how to do the problems yourself - you are just understanding how someone else is doing them. SO HERE'S A REQUIREMENT: the work you turn in for grading must be written up by you alone without any notes or solutions from the discussion with others. You may not copy a solution that you came upon in a group discussion onto your homework paper.

Tests: One in-class exam on October 6, one take-home exam the week of November 10-17, and a final.

Grades:

Probably no class on September 10, and possibly no class (or a substitute) on September 24. More on that later.

Consider a research group in mathematics - see math.rice.edu/VIGRE

Accommodations: If you have a (documented) disability and you'd like an accommodation, please speak with me during the first two weeks of class. Any such information will of course remain confidential. You'll also have to file forms with Disability Support Services in the Ley Student Center.