Honors Mathematics A

Mathematics V1207x
Prof. Michael Thaddeus
Fall 2009

Midterm grades: Calculate your own as follows.
Let A be the sum of your scores on Assignments 1-6 (out of 440 total), and let M be your score on the midterm (out of 70 total). Then 5A/44 + 5M/7 is a number between 0 and 100. The number ranges correspond to the following letter grades:
94-100 = A+; 86-94 = A; 78-86 = A-;
70-78 = B+; 62-70 = B; 54-62 = B-;
46-54 = C+; 38-46 = C; 30-38 = C-;
22-30 = D; 0-22 = F
These grades are for your midterm guidance only. Please take them with a grain of salt. They are very rough approximations. Besides, there are still almost two months left in the semester, so there is plenty of time for them to go up or down based on your effort.

Final exam: This has now been officially scheduled for the time predicted on the syllabus: Wednesday, December 23 from 1:10 to 4 pm in 203 Mathematics. Please make your travel plans for the winter break early, since this exam cannot be moved under any circumstances.

Syllabus
Logic and axioms
Introduction to mathematical arguments by Michael Hutchings.
Some tips about proofs on assignments
Supplementary problems on the square root of 2
Answers to problems on the square root of 2

All are encouraged to take advantage of the Columbia Mathematics Help Room in 406 Mathematics. A schedule is available here.

Lecture notes from Sept. 28, Yom Kippur (courtesy of Steven Castellano)

Practice midterm #1 (and answers)
Practice midterm #2 (and answers)
Midterm examination
Answers to midterm exam

Assignment #1, due Friday, September 18.
Assignment #2, due Friday, September 25.
Assignment #3, due Friday, October 2.
Assignment #4, due Friday, October 9.
Assignment #5, due Friday, October 16.
Assignment #6, due Friday, October 23.
Assignment #7, due Wednesday, November 4.
Assignment #8, due Wednesday, November 11.
Assignment #9, due Friday, November 20.
Assignment #10, due Wednesday, November 25.

A note about the due dates: Enough people complained about the Wednesday due date that I agreed to shift the remaining due dates back to Friday whenever possible. Meaning that the due dates will be: Fri. 11/20, Wed. 11/25, Fri. 12/4, Fri. 12/11, Wed. 12/16. Hence there will be two painful occasions when you have only 5 days for an assignment. If this really bothers you, then theoretically you could complete all Fri. assignments by the previous Wed. and have a week for each. Human nature being what it is, I know this is unlikely. Still, this seems the best I can do under the circumstances. MT