Time and Location

MWF Period 5 (11:40-12:35) AND 134

Office hours

M7, W8, or by appointment (Office: 117A Griffin Floyd Hall)

Teaching Assistant

Runmin Shi, Office: 117D Griffin Floyd Hall, Office hours: T 9, R 8.

Syllabus and Course Information

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Important Announcements

• The make-up exam will be on Tue, April 25 from 5:00 – 5:50 p.m., location: 117D Griffin Floyd Hall (Runmin’s office).

Tentative Grade Cutoffs and Summarized Class Performance

• Click here for final grade cutoffs.
• Click here for summarized class performance in Exam 1.
• Click here for summarized class performance in Exam 2.
• Click here for summarized final grade distribution for the class. 

Tentative Schedule for Exams

• Exam 1: Friday, February 10
• Exam 2: Friday, March 24
• Exam 3: Wednesday, April 19

(If you have a conflict, let me know ASAP.)

Course Notes

The topics we shall discuss are more or less covered in Dr. Kshitij Khare‘s lecture notes from Spring 2013 (except for a few). These notes should be helpful, but note that the exams will be based on material actually taught in class, and not necessarily everything from these lecture notes (or the text book). Thus, you should keep an account of things we actually discuss in class, as any topic covered in lectures is a potential exam topic (unless otherwise stated)!

Click here to download Dr. Khsitij Khare’s lecture notes.

Homework Assignments

• Homework 1.  Solution.
• Homework 2.  Solution.
• Homework 3: Part 1, Part 2. Solution.
• Extra homework 1. Solution.
• Homework 4. Solution.
• Homework 5. Solution.
• Homework 6. Solution.
• Extra Homework 2. Solution.
• Homework 7. Solution.
• Homework 8. Solution.
• Extra homework 3. Solution.

Sample Exams

• Sample Exam 1. Solution.
• Sample Exam 2. Solution.
• Sample Exam 3. Solution.

Suggested Reading

• Lecture 1 (Wed, Jan 4): Chapter 1.
• Lecture 2 (Fri, Jan 6): Section 2.1 – 2.3.
• Lecture 3 (Mon, Jan 9): Section 2.4 – 2.5.
• Lecture 4 (Wed, Jan 11): Section 2.6. Proofs of a few results from class (from Dr. Kshitij Khare’s lecture notes).
• Lecture 5 (Fri, Jan 13): Finish Section 2.6. Quiz 1.
• Lecture 6 (Wed, Jan 18): Section 2.7.
• Lecture 7 (Fri, Jan 20): Section 2.8 – 2.9. Quiz 2.
• Lecture 8 (Mon, Jan 23): Section 2.10.
• Lecture 9 (Wed, Jan 25): Section 2.11, 3.1 – 3.2.
• Lecture 10 (Fri, Jan 27): Section 3.3.
• Lecture 11 (Mon, Jan 30): Section 3.4.
• Lecture 12 (Wed, Feb 1): Section 3.4 – 3.5.
• Lecture 13 (Fri, Feb 3):  Finish Section 3.5. Quiz 3.
• Lecture 14 (Mon, Feb 6): Section 3.6 – 3.7.
• Lecture 15 (Wed, Feb 8): Section 3.8.
• Exam 1 on Fri, Feb 10.
• Lecture 16 (Mon, Feb 13): Section 3.9.
• Lecture 17 (Wed, Feb 15): Section 3.11 – 12.
• Lecture 18 (Fri, Feb 17): Section 4.1 – 4.2.
• Lecture 19 (Mon, Feb 20): Section 4.3.
• Lecture 20 (Wed, Feb 22): Section 4.4.
• Lecture 21 (Fri, Feb 24): Finish section 4.4. Section 4.10. Quiz 4.
• Lecture 22 (Mon, Feb 27): Section 4.6.
• Lecture 23 (Wed, Mar 1): Section 4.5.
• Lecture 24 (Fri, Mar 3): Finish section 4.5. Quiz 5.
• Lecture 25 (Mon, Mar 13): Taught by Dr. Rohit Patra.
• Lecture 26 (Wed, Mar 15): Section 4.7.
• Lecture 27 (Fri, Mar 17): Section 5.1. Quiz 6.
• Lecture 28 (Mon, Mar 20): Section 5.2 – 5.3.
• Lecture 29 (Wed, Mar 22): Section 5.3 – 5.4.
• Exam 2 on Fri, Mar 24.
• Lecture 30 (Mon, Mar 27): Section 5.4.
• Lecture 31 (Wed, Mar 29): Section 5.5 – 5.6.
• Lecture 32 (Fri, Mar 31): Section 5.7, Quiz 7.
• Lecture 33 (Mon, Apr 3): Section 5.8.
• Lecture 34 (Wed, Apr 5): Section 5.11.
• Lecture 35 (Fri, Apr 7): Section 5.9, 6.1, 6.2.
• Lecture 36 (Mon, Apr 10): Section 6.3.
• Lecture 37 (Wed, Apr 12): Section 6.4. Quiz 8.
• Lecture 38 (Fri, Apr 14): Section 6.6, 6.8.
• Lecture 39 (Mon, Apr 17): Chapter 7.
• Exam 3 on Wed, Apr 19.

Suggested Additional Exercises

• Lecture 1 (Wed, Jan 4): None.
• Lecture 2 (Fri, Jan 6): 2.2, 2.3, 2.4.
• Lecture 3 (Mon, Jan 9): 2.12, 2.29, 2.33.
• Lecture 4 (Wed, Jan 11): 2.38, 2.41, 2.42, 2.43, 2.44, 2.45, 2.49.
• Lecture 5 (Fri, Jan 13):  2.54, 2.57, 2.58, 2.59, 2.60, 2.61.
• Lecture 6 (Wed, Jan 18): 2.71, 2.75, 2.78.
• Lecture 7 (Fri, Jan 20): 2.93, 2.97, 2.98, 2.102, 2.112, 2.114.
• Lecture 8 (Mon, Jan 23): 2.125, 2.130, 2.135, 2.137.
• Lecture 9 (Wed, Jan 25): 3.2, 3.3.
• Lecture 10 (Fri, Jan 27):   3.5, 3.6.
• Lecture 11 (Mon, Jan 30): 3.12, 3.13, 3.17, 3.33.
• Lecture 12 (Wed, Feb 1): 3.38, 3.48, 3.51.
• Lecture 13 (Fri, Feb 3): 3.73, 3.74, 3.75.
• Lecture 14 (Mon, Feb 6): 3.97, 3.102, 3.103.
• Lecture 15 (Wed, Feb 8): 3.122, 3.124, 3.127.
• Lecture 16 (Mon, Feb 13): 3.145, 3.146, 3.153.
• Lecture 17 (Wed, Feb 15): 3.167.
• Lecture 18 (Fri, Feb 17): 4.1, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10.
• Lecture 19 (Mon, Feb 20): 4.25, 4.28.
• Lecture 20 (Wed, Feb 22): 4.50, 4.51, 4.52.
• Lecture 21 (Fri, Feb 24): 4.88, 4.89.
• Lecture 22 (Mon, Feb 27): 4.103, 4.104.
• Lecture 23 (Wed, Mar 1): 4.109, 4.110.
• Lecture 24 (Fri, Mar 3): 4.73, 4.75, 4.76.
• Lecture 25 (Mon, Mar 13): None.
• Lecture 26 (Wed, Mar 15): 4.128, 4.129, 4.139, 4.140.
• Lecture 27 (Fri, Mar 17): None.
• Lecture 28 (Mon, Mar 20): 5.2, 5.6, 5.7.
• Lecture 29 (Wed, Mar 22): 5.10, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.32, 5.33.
• Lecture 30 (Mon, Mar 27): 5.50, 5.51, 5.52, 5.53.
• Lecture 31 (Wed, Mar 29):  5.89, 5.92, 5.93,
• Lecture 32 (Fri, Mar 31): 5.95, 5.97.
• Lecture 33 (Mon, Apr 3): 5.107, 5.108, 5.109.
• Lecture 34 (Wed, Apr 5): 5.140, 5.141, 5.142.
• Lecture 35 (Fri, Apr 7): 5.123, 5.124.
• Lecture 36 (Mon, Apr 10): 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5.
• Lecture 37 (Wed, Apr 12): 6.28, 6.30, 6.31.
• Lecture 38 (Fri, Apr 14): 6.57, 6.59, 6.74, 6.75.
• Lecture 39: None.