Math 330   -    Number systems, Section 1   -    Fall 2016  

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Last update: December 17, 2016 - 12:30 PM
NOTE that this document specifically pertains to section 1 of the course!
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Math 330 Announcements and Q&A

1. Math 330 Announcements

12/17/2016     a.All your grades, including your letter grade, are now on BB.
b.I'll submit your grades to the registrar sometime on Monday afternoon If there are discrepancies between your BB homework grades and your docs
then you should scan the page that contains my last grades given to the homework set in question and email it to me.
The scan must be in color. If you take a picture then be sure that it is of good quality.
c.Best wishes to you all! It was my privilege to be your teacher. -- Michael Fochler --
12/16/2016     a.Your finals are graded but BB is down.   b.Anonymous grades are on the grades page of the Math 330 website.
c.Final homework grades will also be posted to BB. Be sure to check your records.
d.The grades were curved: I added 25 points for each one.  
12/8/2016     a.Grades for quiz 10 are on BB.   b.No makeup final will be given.   c.Review session Friday, 12/12 at 9:40 in WH 100E.
d.Friday, 12/12: Last chance for homework submission: deadline 5:00 PM   e.Office hours next week as usual
12/2/2016     Last homework for the course (#17) has been posted. Due Friday, 12/9/2016. Grades for quiz 9 are on BB.
12/1/2016     Version 2016-12-01 of the MF document has been posted. Ch.11.6 (Open coverings and the Heine-Borel theorem) has been rewritten.
Appendix 11.6.1: Proofs for (open covering) compactness is gone as I have significantly shortened and simplified those proofs.
This is definitely the final version of the MF doc for this semester.
12/1/2016     Some important announcements (previously emailed to you):
1. I will hold a review session on Friday, December 9 from 9:30 - 10:30 AM in WH 100E (NOT 100B)
2. Date of the Final Exam: Friday, December 16 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM in LN 2447
3. Final Exam makeup: Friday, December 16 3:15 pm -5:15 PM in WH 222 (Whitney Hall) (my office). Deadline to apply: Friday December 2
4. Reminder: Thursday, December 8 follows the Monday schedule: I will hold a regular lecture at 9:40 in WH 100B
5. Quiz 9 will be on Friday, December 2, Quiz 10 will be on Wednesday, December 7
11/28/2016     Homework 16 has been posted. Topic: continuity and compactness. Reading assignments for Wednesday and Friday.
11/28/2016     Version 2016-11-29 of the MF document has been posted. Ch.10.3.2 (Infinite Series) has been rewritten.
References to ch.10.4 (Addenda to ch.10) are affected but nothing beyond.
Changes to ch.11 (no change in references) were made. More changes will be posted before next Monday.
11/21/2016     Grades for exam 2 are now on BB. Anonymous grades have been posted.
11/18/2016     Homework 15 has been posted. Topic: cardinality and compactness, part 1. I gave a reading assignment for
Wednesday's lecture on alternate approaches to number systems; but it's strictly volontary, even for those who plan to attend.
11/11/2016     Grades for quiz 8 and hwk 1-13 are now on BB. Anonymous grades have been posted.
11/11/2016     Homework 14 has been posted. Topic: MF ch.10
11/8/2016     Version 2016-11-08 of the MF document has been posted. Lots of corrections to ch.10.1.
11/7/2016     Homework 12: A hint was added for written assignment 3.
11/04/2016     Homework 13 has been posted. Topic: MF ch.10.1
10/30/2016     Written assignment 3 was added to Homework 12.
10/28/2016     a. The withdrawal deadline is approaching: Monday 10/31 in the afternoon, NOT at midnight!
b.Homework 12 has been posted. Topic: MF ch.8, 9 and 10.1.
10/24/2016     a. Homework 10 has been updated: changed hint for problem 1. b. The deadline for withdrawing from the course is Monday, October 31 in the afternoon!
10/21/2016     Homework 11 has been posted. Topic: B/G ch.10.
Version 2016-10-04 of the MF document has been posted. Ch.9.2.2 (Normed vector spaces) was reclassified from "Understand this!" to "Study this!"
10/19/2016     The grades for quiz 6 are on BB and on the grades web page
10/14/2016     Quiz 6 this Wednesday or Friday: All that was done in class through today (Tuesday) is fair game. I finished B/G ch.10.4 today.
10/14/2016     The grades for quiz 5 are on BB and on the grades web page
10/13/2016     Homework 10 has been posted. Topic: B/G ch.8 and 9.1.
There will be a quiz tomorrow (Fri). Scope: B/G ch.6 and 7; nothing beyond ch.8.2
10/8/2016     Version 2016-10-08 of the MF document has been posted. Lots of cleanup work in ch. 8 and 9. No new material.
Homework 9 has been posted. Topic: B/G ch.7: Arithmetic in base 10.
10/7/2016     Exam 1 scores are now on BB. Check the grades page for anonymous scores.
10/4/2016     Version 2016-10-04 of the MF document has been posted. Added subchapter 14.5: "Constructing the real numbers via Cauchy Sequences".
10/3/2016     Final exam date: Friday, December 16, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM in LN 2447
Final Exam makeup: Friday, December 16, 3:15 pm -5:15 pm in WH-222 (Whitney Hall)
I am not allowed to administer the final at a later date and/or time.
Find out now whether you have a direct conflict with another exam: I can start your make-up earlier (but not before Fri, 8:00 AM).
10/3/2016     Final exam date (corrected): Friday, December 16, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM in LN 2447
This was erroneously announced yesterday as 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
9/30/2016     Homework 8 has been posted. Topic: Division Algorithm.
9/27/2016     Homework 6 has been reposted with a hint.
9/27/2016     Version 2016-09-27 of the MF document has been posted. Fixed some typos and mistakes in ch.4 - 6. and added to ch.4.3.1 (Examples and exercises for functions and relations).
9/24/2016     Homework 7 has been posted. Topic: Sets and equivalence relations.
9/17/2016     a. Homeworks 5 and 6 have been posted. #5 has no reading assignents and the written assignments will be graded only once. They are worth 8 points and due this Friday, Sept. 23.
#6 is regular homework with both reading assignments and written assignments.
b. The grades for quiz 3 are on BB.
9/14/2016     Version 2016-09-13 of the MF document has been posted. Fixed some typos and mistakes in ch.4.
9/8/2016     Fixed up some nonsense due dates for the reading assignments of homework 4: All reading is due before the lecture on Friday, Sept. 16.
9/7/2016     a. The add/drop deadline is TODAY, Sept. 7.
b. Your quiz scores have been posted to BB.
c. The Grades page on this web site shows the anonymous scores for quizzes 1 and 2.
9/6/2016     a. The add/drop deadline is tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 7.
b. There will definitely be a quiz tomorrow and it will be graded before that deadline. What might be on it? Check my remarks on the Hwk 02 sheet.
9/3/2016     a.Version 2016-09-02 of the MF document has been posted. Stable except for the newly added ch.2.3 (Addenda to chapter 2).
b. Homework 2 has been posted. Due Friday(!) 9/16: I am moving the last submission dates to Fridays whenever possible.
c. It is extremely likely that quiz 2 will be given this Tuesday or Wednesday, before the add/drop deadline this Wednesday, Sept. 7.
9/1/2016     Quiz 01 has been graded but results will not be on BB until end of next week, several days past the add/drop deadline.
8/26/2016     a.Stable version 2016-08-26 of the MF document has been posted.
b. Homework 1 has been posted.
8/23/2016     Corrected version of the syllabus has been posted to BB and this web site.
8/23/2016     Check the Homework page for email assignment.
8/23/2016     Blackboard now has Welcome message and syllabus.

2. Math 330 Q&A
This Q&A section is expected to grow over time.

Topic   Issue
Homework     Q: What is the significance of the "Due Date"?
A: Not much: If you submit your first draft earlier and if I feel like it I'll grade your work beforehand. If you submit your first and hence last draft at the last submission date I wou't penalize you for waiting so long (other than having no more sumissions to improve your grade).
Homework     Q: What about the multiple reading due dates?
A: a. The staggered due dates for reading will help you to space out your work evenly so you won't fall behind.
b. You may be quizzed about the reading that was due by day n as early as on day n+1.
General     Q: I am a student with a disability/an athlete and need special accommodations.
A: Send me an email and bring the signed form (athletes: your coach or team director, Students with disabilities: see the syllabus, "Students with disabilities" paragraph) to me. I'll take this form with me and will review it before I sign it. If there are no issues I'll bring it to my next lecture or give it to your TA if your email tells me your section.
If you have a disability, chances are that I want to talk to you in person to understand better how I can accommodate you, possibly in excess to what your form requests.