This syllabus is tentative. Read each section before class, begin the homework, and finish after the lecture. Keeping up to date is especially important in this class. You are expected to spend an average of two hours on each assignment.
| Date | Section | Assignment |
| W 1/16 | 1.3 | p.27 #5,20; p. 29 #4 (both program & proof) |
| F 1/18 | 1.4 | p.33 #1,3,8,45; p.36 Programming #1(find or write) |
| M 1/21 | Martin Luther King Day | — |
| W 1/23 | " | worksheet |
| F 1/25 | 1.5 | p.39 #4,5,8,12,15,16,36 |
| M 1/28 | 3.1 | p.74 #1,2,6,11,14; p.76 Computational #3,4 |
| W 1/30 | 3.2 | p.86 #1,2,3,10,13; p.89 Computational #4 |
| F 2/1 | 3.3 | p.94 #1,3,4,5,6,7,14 |
| M 2/4 | " | p.95 #8,11,17 |
| W 2/6 | 3.4 | p.105 #1,2,3; p.108 Computational #1,4 |
| F 2/8 | Review | — |
| M 2/11 | Test 1 | Sections 1.3-1.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| W 2/13 | 3.5 | p.116 #1,6,7,10,12; p.123 Computational #1 |
| F 2/15 | " | p.118 #31,33,39,41,42; p.123 Computational #2 |
| M 2/18 | 3.6 | p.133 Computational #1(without FactorInteger); p.131 #1(use your program) |
| W 2/20 | " | p.133 Computational #2; p.131 #4(use your program) |
| F 2/22 | 3.7 | p.138 #1,3,6; p.140 Programming #1(find or write) | M 2/25 | 3.7, 4.1 | p.149 #1,3,5,6 |
| W 2/27 | 4.1 | p.149 #7,8,10,11,24,25; p.153 Computational #1 |
| F 2/29 | 4.2 | p.156 #1a-d(by hand),1e-f(any method),5,6,8,10,12; p.158 Computational #1,3 |
| ☺ Spring Break ☺ | Relax. Have fun. (Catch up?) | |
| M 3/10 | 4.3 | p.163 #1,2,7,8,15,17a |
| W 3/12 | 4.5 | p.182 #1,2,4,8,10a(use Gaussian elimination); and
p.184 Programming #4(any use of Mathematica) |
| F 3/14 | 4.5 | p.183 #10,11 (use matrices and Mathematica) |
| M 3/17 | Review | — |
| W 3/19 | Test 2 | Sections 3.5-3.7, Chapter 4 |
| F 3/21 | Good Friday | — |
| M 3/24 | 6.1 | p.220 #1,3,6; p.223 Computational #1 | W 3/26 | 6.1 | p.221 #10,14,15,16 |
| F 3/28 | 6.1 | p.221 #26,27; p.223 Programming #4 |
| M 3/31 | Talk 1 - 5.4 | handouts |
| W 4/2 | Talk 2 - 5.2 | p.199 #4,6,16 |
| F 4/4 | Talk 3 - 5.1 | p.193 #2b,8b,12 |
| M 4/7 | 6.2 | p.231 #1,2(no calculators),5,10; p.232 Computational #1,4(find two) |
| W 4/9 | 6.3 | p.236 #1,2,3,6,11; p.237 Computational #1(w/ conjectures) |
| F 4/11 | Review | — |
| M 4/14 | Test 3 | Chapters 5-6 |
| W 4/16 | 7.1 | p.245 #1,2; p.249 Computational #4 |
| F 4/18 | 7.1 | TBA |
| M 4/21 | 8.1 | p.284 #1,2,7; p.286 Programming #2(send to class),5(get from class) |
| W 4/23 | 8.1 | p.284 #3,6,10; p.286 Programming #3(send to class),6(get from class) |
| F 4/25 | 8.2 | p.301 #13,14,15,16,17; p.304 Programming #6,7 |
| M 4/28 | 8.4 | p.315 #5,6,7,8 |
| W 4/30 | Review, evaluations | --- |
| F 5/2 | Final Exam, 9-11 am | |
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