The class syllabus, including up-to-date schedule, can be found here .

Reading assignments: Reading is near useless unless done actively. Use paper and pencil to work out the steps for yourself. Summarize the key points by writing them down in your own words. I may ask you in class to tell us what you found the main points to be.

• by Wed. Oct. 4: 1.1-1.6.
• by Monday Oct. 9: All of chapter 2.
• by Monday Oct. 16: 3.1,3.2,3.4,3.10,3.12
• by Monday Oct. 30: All of chapter 4 except 4.5
• by Monday Nov. 13: 5.1 - 5.8
• by Monday Dec. 4: all of 9 except for 9.7 and 9.8

Homework: You may work collaboratively, but be sure you understand any solutions you are turning in. Also be sure working with others is not harming your development of problem-solving skills. Homework is due at 4pm in Jason Dick's mail box. Note that test are 75% of the grade and you should be sure that doing homework is going to help you on the tests.

• Due Monday, October 9th by 4pm: Goldstein 1.2, 1.3, 1.9, 1.10, 1.13 and 1.14
  
• Due Wednesday, October 18 by 4pm: Goldstein 2.3, 2.10, 2.14, 2.16, 2.19, 2.26
  
• Due Wednesday, November 1st by 4pm: 4.2, 4.3, 4.7, 4.11, 4.17, 4.22 and 4.25. For 4.11 you can use the fact that the det[AB] = det[A]det[B].
  
• Due Friday, November 10th by 4pm: 5.3, 5.4, 5.13, 5.16, 5.22, 5.23, 5.29.
  
• Due Wednesday, November 15th by 4pm: 5.27 and two 1989 prelim problems (1 and 12) to be found at this location
  
• Due Wednesday, November 29th by 4pm: 6.4, 6.5, 6.15, 6.17
• Due Friday, December 8th by 4pm: prelim problems 1987 - 8, 20, 23 and 1986 - 23. They can be found at this location