| 12/12/2020 |
Hello all,
All scores, including computed subtotals and totals
and your letter grade, now are on Blackboard.
The newly populated columns are
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QSum: sum of all quiz scores
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hwkSum: sum of your homework points
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hwkAdj: hwkSum * (400/52) = hwkSum converted to grade points
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TOTAL: QSum + hwkAdj + final + all midterm scores
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TOTALadj: ceiling(TOTAL) = TOTAL rounded up to the next int
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GrandTotAdj: TOTALadj + 40: an adjustment which takes into
account the extra burden taking quizzes and exams online
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Grade: The letter grade that results from applying the
grading scale published on the course home page to
GrandTotAdj.
I know that I demanded an extraordinary amount of work from you
just so that you would not be completely left behind,
but I made up for that by being very generous with partial credit
when grading your homework and the major exams.
Consider this: Nobody who kept submitting beyond homework 12
obtained a grade worse than C.
It was my privilege to be your teacher, and I hope that you all
will be doing well in the future.
With that first COVID vaccine having been approved there is an excellent
chance that Spring 2021 will be the last online semester...
...Not really: There are some immense budgetary pressures to create an
educational system without the overhead of maintaining a physical
campus with people who must be paid US-level wages.
Well, that's not for you to worry about, in particular, since most of you
probably already are in your third year of studies.
Good luck to you all!
-- Michael Fochler --
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| 12/5/2020 |
All lecture recordings, including the Sat 12/5 finals review session,
have been posted.
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| 11/30/2020 |
Correction:
Quiz 10 will be given on Friday, December 4 and NOT on Wed Dec 2!!
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| 11/28/2020 |
a.
Homework 16 has been published. No written assignments.
b.
Quiz 10 will be given on Wed Dec 2.
c.
I will hold a finals review session at a time of your choosing,
Fri 12/4 -- Sun 12/6. Talk among yourselves to agree on a date and time.
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| 11/20/2020 |
a.
Homework 15 has been published. Written assignments
are due on Wednesday, Dec 9by end of day.
There will be one more homework, but it will be reading assignments only.
b.
Quiz 10 will be given on Wed Dec 2.
c.
Today's lecture has been posted.
d.
I will hold a finals review session at a time of your choosing,
Fri 12/4 -- Sun 12/6. Talk among yourselves to agree on a date and time.
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| 11/16/2020 |
a.
Homework 14 has been published. Written assignments
are due on Monday after Thanksgiving.
b.
Quiz 9 will be given on Wed 11/18.
Be sure to study contact points, closures, boundaries, ...
and the chapter on completeness in metric spaces.
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| 11/10/2020 |
All lecture recordings are available.
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| 11/10/2020 |
a.
Due to the I/T problems at BU I will not have any connectivity
of my laptop when on campus, and for me that is the case on
Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun.
On those days I will only check my email in the evening,
so be sure to cc your TA if your email is urgent.
b.
The above also is the reason that I have moved my Tuesday office hours
to Wednesday, 10:00-11:30
until further notice.
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| 11/8/2020 |
a.
You may have seen Sunday afternoon's B-Alert about faculty not being
allowed to use their own computers on campus. My poor eyesight
does not permit me to use the small size monitors of the
campus owned computers and I thus will hold the
Monday, 11/9 lecture remotely and NOT in UU-206.
Do not come to lecture tomorrow!
B-alert asserts, and the Mathd department's I/T admin confirms,
that students are not affected by the incident. Thus I understand
that you students have nothing to worry about if you connect to
Zoom, BB, and other services from your dorm room.
b.
In particular quiz 7 will be given tomorrow, 11/9/2020.
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| 11/6/2020 |
Thr remaining quizzes for this semester are scheduled as follows:
•
Quiz 7: Mon 11/9
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Quiz 8: Fri 11/13
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Quiz 9: Wed 11/18
•
Quiz 10: Fri 12/4
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| 11/5/2020 |
a.
Homework 13 has been published, and Latex hints
have been added to #12.
b.
Zoom recordings are up-to-date.
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| 11/3/2020 |
a.
Midterm 2 has been graded, and I'll email you your proofs shortly.
You should be able to see for the other questions which ones you
got right and which ones were wrong.
b.
The anonymous grades, also for quizzes 5 and 6, have been posted.
c.
Blackboard should be up-to-date for homework 1-10.
Be sure to double-check and let me know if
there is a discrepancy between your records and what you see on BB!
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| 10/31/2020 |
a.
Reminder: Monday's midterm will start at 1:20,
and the exam will only last 60 minutes.
You must have your video on!
b.
Homework 12 has been posted. Written assignments are worth 4 points!
c.
The recording for yesterday's lecture is available.
d.
Reminder: Daylight Savings Time ends today: You'll get an
additional hour tonight. Be sure to adjust those clocks that
are not updated automatically (wrist watches, ...)
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| 10/27/2020 |
a.
The date for the Math 330 final exam
(and I assume for all your other lectures)
has been set:
Fri Dec 11, 2020; 12:50PM - 2:50PM On-Line.
Date and time for the make-up final have yet to be determined.
b.
Scope for midterm 2 will be ch.6.10 (integers modulo n)
through ch.10 (cardinality II).
Like last time you will start at 1:20 and the exam will only last 60
minutes.
c.
The recording for yesterday's lecture is available.
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| 10/27/2020 |
Pandemic - Mental Health Resources:
I and other instructors at the Math department understand that
some of you may be having a difficult time during this period
of physical distancing including feeling anxiety and stress;
these are normal during a crisis situation like the one caused by
the pandemic.
It is an important time to know about how we can best care
for ourselves and others.
Some of you have already reached out and are seeking support.
But if you haven’t already done so, I highly encourage you to reach out
for support.
There are lots of resources and support systems on and off campus
that may help you or provide you information on how to help a friend
who may be in need.
It is very important to remember you are not alone and we will be
stronger together during this global crisis.
If you need help, please reach out for support or if you think someone
else needs support, please encourage them to reach out for support.
a.
The University Counseling Center provides comprehensive clinical
and referral services to Binghamton University's undergraduate students,
graduate students and affiliated entities.
They offer a wide range of telemental health services including
individual counseling, group counseling, workshops, consultation
for concerned parents, guardians, friends and family, a secure room
if needed for urgent telemental health appointments,
referrals to providers and treatment coordination,
and mindfulness practices for stress management.
They also provide same-day urgent teleservice for emergencies.
See the following link for contact information:
https://www.binghamton.edu/counseling/index.html
.
b.
The next link provides names of various resources on Mental Health
Services, phone numbers and additional details:
https://www.binghamton.edu/bhealthy/wellness-resources/mental-health.html
.
c.
The next link provides quite a lot of information on anxiety management
workshops and other resource on managing stress,
anxiety and isolation during quarantine:
https://www.binghamton.edu/counseling/covid-19.html
.
d.
The Mental Health program places a priority on helping students
maintain their mental health during their time at Binghamton University
by providing outreach, mental health tips, resources available
both on and off campus, and information on how to help a friend
who may be in need.
This link provides you information on Mental Health Program:
https://www.binghamton.edu/hpps/mental-health/index.html
.
e.
The next link provides informational resources for coping during
COVID-19:
https://www.binghamton.edu/hpps/covid19-resources/covid-19-mental-health/copingresources.html
.
f.
The CARE Team (Consultation, Advocacy, Referral and Education)
work to educate and inform members of the Binghamton University
community through caring, advocacy, and supportive endeavors.
The CARE Team will take phone calls or emails for scheduling
same day Zoom or phone meetings with students.
General inquiries or requests for scheduling meetings will be handled
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. weekdays via phone or email.
See this link for details:
https://www.binghamton.edu/case-management/
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| 10/25/2020 |
a.
Scope of Monday's quiz: ch.8.4 - thm.9.14 of ch.9.8.
b.
Friday's lecture and the linear algebra tutorial have been posted.
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| 10/22/2020 |
a.
There will be a quiz on Monday, not tomorrow.
b.
I have posted homework 11 and version 2020-10-22
of the MF doc with an addition useful for hwk 11.
c.
All lecture recordings are posted.
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| 10/15/2020 |
a.
Reminder: There will be a quiz on Monday.
b.
I have posted homework 10.
c.
All lecture recordings are posted.
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| 10/14/2020 |
a.
I am behind with grading, so I am extending the deadline for
homework 7 for a full week to Friday, Oct 23.
b.
I am also behind with quizzes.
There will definitely a quiz (#5) this coming Monday, Oct 19,
and quiz #6 could be as early as Friday of next week.
The scope for quiz 5 will be ch.6.11 (The Greatest Common Divisor)
through ch.8.3 (Cartesian Products of More Than Two Sets).
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| 10/8/2020 |
a.
Homework 9 has been published.
b.
If desired then I'll give a tutorial on vectors and vectorspaces that
covers the material in MF ch.11.1 and 11.2.1. It is primarily meant
for the benefit of those who have not yet taken or are not currently
taking a linear algebra course but everyone is welcome to attend.
I would hold this tutorial on Saturday, October 16. The tutorial would
probably last two hours. I would start as early as 10:00 AM and as late
as 3:00 PM, depending on your preferences.
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| 10/6/2020 |
a.
Be aware that all your courses may be moved online
on very short notice: The BU
COVID-19 Testing Data Dashboard
has an entry called "New York State Higher Education Threshold Measure"
which as of now reads 78.
As far as I recall this entry was a day ago at 61.
My understanding is that, once this figure exceed 100, everything that can be
taught online will be moved to online learning very quickly.
There should be no disruption to this course since it needs to be
taught for the benefit of remote learners anyway.
b.
I have made the results of your midterm 1 problems available to you.
As announced yesterday by email broadcast, everyone obtained full
credit of 20 points for that problem since I had messed up one of
the versions.
c.
I have uploaded to BB the results for homework 1-6.
I further have duplicated the columns for the quizzes and exams
close to the start of your grade center, and the results for
your first four quizzes and the midterm have been duplicated.
This is done so that it is more convenient for me to calculate
your letter grade at the end of the semester.
d.
The grades page of the course website now displays the anonymous
results for quizzes 1-4 and the midterm.
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| 10/3/2020 |
Homework 8 has been published. No written assignments.
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| 10/2/2020 |
a.
Correction:
The Monday, Oct 5 midterm 1 will be released at 1:20 PM
and NOT at 2:20 PM! Also note that you must log in via Zoom
with your camera and microphone turned on.
I on the other hand will have my camera turned off.
b.
All recordings of this week's lectures are available
|
| 10/2/2020 |
a.
I remind you that there will be a quiz TODAY, Fri, Oct 2,
and your first midterm will be on Monday, Oct 5.
The midterm will be only 60 minutes, and I'll release it on Blackboard
at 1:20 PM. That way you have 10 minutes extra time to prepare.
b.
The midterm will require you to provide handwritten proofs.
I have released a practice test named Sample-File-Response-Problem
so you can practice file uploads.
I won't be looking at whatever you do there.
c.
Starfish tutoring for Math 330:
I understand that one of the tutors is William Jones.
Try to sign up with him: He took this class with me a year ago,
and he probably is the only tutor who is familiar with the material
I am teaching. That is not so important yet for this first midterm
(although other TAs may be clueless about the material in ch.3),
but once I get to normed, metric, and topological spaces the situation
could be quite different, and other Tutors will not be as helpful
d.
I should get out the next homework set later this afternoon,
and grading of homework 4 and 6 should be completed before the end
of the weekend.
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| 9/30/2020 |
a.
Written assignments have been added to Homework 7.
The deadline has been extended to October 16.
Start early: You will have to prove both existence and uniqueness
of the division algorithm. That's much harder than anything
you had to do so far!
b.
I announced that there will be a quiz this Friday, October 2!
Scope: Items of ch.5 not covered in quiz 3 and ch.6 through
whatever will be covered in today's lecture.
c.
Lecture recording are current through Sep 26.
Look for today's recording later this afternoon.
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| 9/23/2020 |
a.
Homework 7 has been published. No written assignments yet,
but I wanted to get this out early so you can pace yourselves
for next week's reading.
b.
Reminder: BOTH HW4 and HW6 are due on Friday, Sep 25.
Also, I have announced that there will be a quiz either on Sep 25
or Sep 28.
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| 9/18/2020 |
I have been informed that ∑ (sigma) notation for summation
was not properly taught in some or all of last semester's Calc 2 lectures.
•
Please check NOW whether you understand the formulation
(NOT how to do a proof) of Problem 20.1 and Problem 20.2
at the beginning of ch.20 (Exam Preparation).
•
If you have problems doing so then you must close this gap immediately
since on Monday I will teach and the recursive definition
of ∑ notation, not just for adding a finite collection of numbers
but elements of an abstract integral domain.
•
To learn about this subject you can google
"summation notation tutorial" or "sigma notation tutorial".
•
I have updated homework 6 with some links about this topic
that I give to my Math 148 students
(a non-mathematical and largely non-engineering audience) at the start
of the semester.
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| 9/18/2020 |
a.
Homework sets 5 AND 6 have been published.
#5 is a rather easy point getter, so do not miss out on that one!
Graded only once, due Friday, 8/25(!)
b.
The link for today's recording has been published.
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| 9/16/2020 |
Lecture recordings for today and last Monday are now available.
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| 9/11/2020 |
a.
Tomorrows quiz #2 will cover only MF ch.3.2 - 3.5 plus B/G ch.3,
NOT parts of MF ch.5.1 as was previously announced by email.
b.
Homework 4 has been published.
Last submission due on Fri September 25.
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| 9/9/2020 |
a.
Today's lecture recording is available on the course materials page.
b.
Message from the Chairman:
The Math Department is hosting a
Problem of the Week
page. All students are invited to participate.
|
| 9/7/2020 |
a.
For the record: no quiz on Wednesday either, but Friday is very likely
b.
Office hours this week only also Wed 10:00-11:00:
I was not on time for today's office hours.
c.
9/7 lecture recording is available now
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| 9/4/2020 |
a.
Homework: #2 is due TODAY, #1 on Monday 9/7, #3 (just published) on Fri 9/18.
b.
I announced Quiz 2 for Monday 9/7, but I am having second thoughts:
The material of ch.3.2 - 3.4 is not well suited for an online quiz,
and I am considering given a quiz at a later date instead.
I will post a follow up announcement tomorrow (Saturday).
c.
Reminder: Next week's classes are online, so do not come to UU 206!
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| 9/2/2020 |
Today's lecture recording is available on the course materials page.
Sorry for the 5 minute or so outage towards the end: Be sure you
also see the last part!
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| 8/31/2020 |
a.
If you wish to be a part of the GroupMe chat with the people in
Math 330 A06 and connect with them,
download the GroupMe app using your Binghamton email address.
Once you have done that, make sure that fellow classmate
Jonathan Wong knows your email address so he can add you to the group.
b.
Today's lecture is available on the course materials page.
c.
Zoom meeting IDs during in-class weeks:
I send out Zoom meeting IDs for all lectures and I record them all
regardless whether I teach in class or from my office:
There are online participants in this course, and they need to have that ID
anyway.
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| 8/29/2020 |
Zoom links for this week's lectures are available on
the course materials page
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| 8/28/2020 |
HW #2 has been published. Graded only once (no resubmissions)!
It's almost exclusively limited to ch. 2.1 and 2.2.
Check out the Latex hints I have given!
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| 8/25/2020 |
DO NOT ATTEND CLASS IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ISOLATE!
All lectures are streamed online and will be recorded,
so you need not worry about missing anything.
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| 1/20/2020 |
Version 2020-01-18 of the MFdoc has been published.
Do not use the 2019-12-16 version!
This has the following consequences:
Some of the references given in homework 1 have been changed.
Be sure to get the updated version from the website!
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| 8/4/2020 |
The first lecture will be on Wednesday, August 26.
Don't miss it!
A Zoom link will be emailed to you and published on BB.
Homework about your math background
(email - see "Homeworkzero" on Homework page!)
is due on Friday, August 28,
and homework 1 is due on Monday, September 7.
The first quiz will be administered as early as August 28. |