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Information for students in MATH 2170 Winter 2019

© 2019 Thomas G. Kucera
Last updated 2019-04-17-17:00
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  • Office Hours
    Regular updates to the Office Hours will be posted.
  • Detailed Course outline
  • Important general information on Schedule A.
  • TBA: APPROXIMATE teaching calendar, and schedule of assignments.

    Generally, tutorials will cover material taught in the three classes including the preceding Friday.

    Assignments will be posted here, at least a week before the due date.

    Marked assignments will generally be returned within a week.
  • Voluntary Withdrawal Deadline: Wednesday March 20, 2019.
  • Quick Quizzes

    • A single question (definition or statement of named theorem) in the last 5 minutes of class.
    • At the end of Friday's class.
  • MidTerm Exams


    45 minutes long, held during the tutorial period.
    • Monday, February 11
      Topic list:
      All material from the beginning of the course to the end of Wilson's Theorem, Theorem 2.11, page 53. Exercises in 2.1 to #42 (see the tutorial outline for details).
      Test 1 Solutions Guide
    • Monday March 18, 16:30
      Topic list:
      All material from the beginning of the course to the end of Section 5.1., with strong emphasis on the material in 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, and 5.1
      Test 2 Solutions Guide
  • Final Exam

    • Formal 3 hour final exam
      Friday, April 12, 18:00–21:00
    • 124 Machray Hall
    • Topic list:
      All material from the entire course, with extra emphasis on the material from Section 5.2 to the end.
      Final Exam Solutions Guide
      Updated Wednesday, April 17.
  • IMPORTANT NOTICE:
    As discussed several times now during the lectures, there will be a change of schedule during the last week of classes:
    Monday, April 01
    There will be a regular lecture at 3:30, followed by another lecture in the tutorial period at 4:30.
    Wednesday, April 03
    This will be the final regular lecture.
    Note: The final 'quick quiz' will take place at the end of this lecture.
    Friday, April 05
    The final tutorial sesssion will take place during your regular class session.
    Monday, April 08
    Review Session

  • TUTORIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Recommended Exercises

  • ACADEMIC INTEGRITY DECLARATION
    You must complete a copy of this and return it to me. It will be available in class. If you do not get one, print this two sided so that both pages are on the same piece of paper, complete it, and return it to me.
    Declaration

  • ASSIGNMENTS
    Due in class the date indicated. Assignments will usually be posted about 10 days before the due date.
    Students are welcome to submit solutions using LaTeX if they so desire; you will need to e-mail me and request the style files that support the assignment sources.

    1. Assignment 1 due Jan 23: pdf file LaTeX source
      Solutions pdf file
    2. Assignment 2 due Jan 30: pdf file LaTeX source
      Solutions pdf file
    3. Assignment 3 due Feb 06: pdf file LaTeX source
      Solutions pdf file
    4. Assignment 4 due Feb 27: pdf file LaTeX source
      Solutions pdf file
    5. Assignment 5 due Mar 06: pdf file LaTeX source
      Typo in last question corrected Feb 27 am.
      Solutions pdf file
    6. Assignment 6 due Mar 13: pdf file LaTeX source
      Solutions pdf file
    7. Assignment 7 due Mar 27: pdf file LaTeX source
      Solutions pdf file
    8. Assignment 8 due Apr 03: pdf file LaTeX source
      Typo in 4(b) corrected 2019-04-01-14:10.
      Solutions pdf file

  • Occasional LECTURE NOTES
    Notes on Induction
    can found here
    Supplementary notes on Arithmetic functions
    Here is a summary of some things about arithmetic functions that are not included in Chapter 4, Sections 4.2 and 4.3.