Fall
2008
By Professor Yuefan Deng
Email:
Yuefan.Deng@StonyBrook.edu
New notes for
the fall 2008 semester:
Updated at 1:35PM on 8/25/2008 (for students and TAs):
(1) This website is the only official place for posting information: grades, class changes, snow-day cancellation, homework assignment, etc.
(2) Welcome the 100 students who registered so far.
(3)
All grades
(HWs, quizzes, final) will be posted with the class ID known only to individual
students.
(4)
No
recitation session for week-1.
(5)
No homework
for week-1.
(6)
All
homework sets are assigned on Wednesdays and collected one week after on
Wednesday, before 8:20AM. No grades for late
homework for any reason.
(7)
There
are three sections for this term and you DO NOT have to
go to your registered section to attend recitation. You may rotate to any
recitation that fits your schedule and taste.
(8)
All work
will be counted for the final curved grades, nothing
dropped and nothing added: 20%-25%
A’s; 25%-30% C’s; ~50% B’s; 1%-5% F’s.
(9)
We will
have three sections for the semester; if you still can’t find a suitable
slot, please discuss it with your or AMS undergraduate director.
(10)
The
class will be held in 102 Light Engineering Building at 8:05-9:25AM Mondays and
Wednesdays.
Notes to TAs (and Students for reference):
(1)
TAs must
attend all recitation sessions starting week-2 (unless announced here
otherwise) and record the number of attending students.
(2)
During recitation,
TA should do the homework set just collected as detailed as possible and
outline the solutions of the new set.
(3)
TAs must
stay in their office during office hours.
(4)
TAs must
send me the solutions of the homework sets assigned to them to grade, prior to
grading, in word2007 with formulas.
(5)
All homework sets are collected on
Wednesdays (assigned one week before). TAs should get the paper from me after
Wednesday’s collection and return the graded paper no later than Friday
of the same week.
New notes for
the spring 2008 semester:
Updated at 12:15PM on 5/23/2008:
1.
Grades
as posted on my web were submitted to the SOLAR but a bug prevented you from
viewing your grade. This was made known to me by one student who couldn’t
view her grade. I’m working with the IT people to resolve it and no luck
yet!
2.
Total
grades are posted and SOLAR will be submitted 24 hours from now.
3.
Finally,
the final is over. The good news is that the final only counts 30% to total and
the bad news is that this year’s final is a bit harder than usual. I have
posted the final with solutions on my web and the grades will be posted soon.
4.
Due to Ji Han’s illness, we have several changes of the
grading. The new grouping:
5.
Vladimir:
HW1, 2, 3, 9, Quiz-1
6.
Mayank: HW4, 5, 6,
8, Quiz-2
7.
Seetha: HW7, Quiz-3
8.
Please
contact the right TA for anything related to the HW and Quiz.
9.
10. Find TAs in their offices during their office
hours. Mayank has requested to be absent so you would
not be able to find him. I would not be able to be in my office during most of
Tuesday (5/13), so if you have questions, catch me today.
11. Quiz-1 solutions are posted.
12. Grades for HW1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7, 8, and 9 and
Quiz-1, 2, 3 are posted.
13. Graded HW1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and
Quiz-1, 2, 3 are in front of my office. Please get yours!
14. Solutions for HW1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
and Quiz-1, 2, 3 are posted! Enjoy them.
15.
16. Final exam is confirmed: 8-10:30AM May 14
(Wednesday) in 116 Old Chem. You are expected to do 4 of 5 assigned problems.
17.
18. Assignments for HW1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and
9 are posted.
19.
20. Quiz-3 will be held in the regular classroom
during the class time on April 23.
21. I’m informed, three hours after our TA
(Mayank) missed his recitation, that he is too ill to
offer the recitation. Please go to Friday’s recitation to make it up. If
your schedule conflicts, take one of the two recitations scheduled for the
coming week before HW7’s collection.
22.
23. Solution for HW6 is posted. Please view it.
24. Please don’t slip homework under the
door of my office nor put in any TA or my mail box. If you have to submit it
before the actual submission date, you hand it to me in person during my office
hours. If you are late, no need to hand in.
25. Quiz-2 solution is posted. When graded Quiz-2
is ready, I would inform you to pick up from the front of my office.
26. If there is a mismatch of the class ID in
“Students” and “Grades”, please ignore it as
“Grades” is the only source for grading record. If you notice any
errors in “Grades”, please email TA Seetha
to state the error. This email must be copied to me and the grading TA. Seetha will fix the errors after investigation. This must
be done before 5PM April 4.
27. TA Ji Han is to be
replaced by a volunteer Ms. Lingling Wu due to
illness of the former. Lingling TAed
for ams361 many times before and did excellently. She would go to the
recitations starting April 8. I would work out Ji
Han’s grading issues with the other three TA.
28.
Graded HW5 is ready in front of my office (A-135
Physics Tower). You are strongly encouraged to pick up your old paper (HW1, 2,
3, 4, 5 and Quiz-1).
29. TA Ji Han missed Tuesday (3/25) recitation
although I have not received any request for re-arranging the recitation. I am
aware of his health issues so I advise students to make efforts to attend one
of the other three recitations, just in case he has to miss future recitations.
30. Quiz-3 is moved to Wednesday (4/23) due to
Passover break on Monday (4/21)
31. Quiz-2 is to be offered on March 31 during
class time in the regular classroom.
32. The Course
Evaluation for the fall 2007 semester shows that we did well; let’s
try to do it even better for spring 2008. Nurturing a popular math class is a
challenge but not impossible.
33. TA Ji Han for
Recitation Session 3 (today: 3/11) is in the university hospital so he is
unable to teach the recitation. Please try to attend one of the other 3
sessions.
34. Recitation attendance (checked the details by
clicking “Info”) is not high. Please send me feedback to state if
recitations are helpful or how to improve.
35. Quiz-1 grades are posted (one revision was
made to correct over count one student’s grade for using all three
problems.) Paper will be returned on Monday (3/10).
36. One student brought to my attention that one
Quiz-1 problem is from the Deng Notes. This is no
accident. You were and are encouraged to
study the Notes or the textbook from which all test problems are adopted.
37. TA for today (3/4/2008) recitation is very
sick so he would have to skip today’s recitation. We will discuss makeup
plan.
38. Student list is updated on my web. Please
make sure you are on the list correctly or your record will contain errors.
39. No HW due for the week of 3/3/2008 because of
Quiz-1.
40.
Makeup class on Friday Feb 29 at the regular
class time and room.
41. Ams361 class has added more than a dozen
students since the beginning of the semester.
42. Quiz-1 will be held during class time in the
classroom on March 3
43. Several students asked if last
semester’s Deng Notes is OK. My answer is “There are quite a few
error corrections and an addition of 9 sets of homework, 3 quizzes and 1 final.
It’s worthwhile to have the new version.”
44. Homework 1 is to be collected on Monday
(2/11) instead of Wednesday for an acute situation. All future homework
(including HW 2 already posted) will be collected on Wednesdays.
45. The class has since Monday Jan 28 added 16
students. Please click “Students” to see if you are recorded here
correctly.
46. Grades will also be posted with the class ID
known only to individual students.
47. Please click “Info” to find out
the updated information about the TAs .
48. Homework-1 assignment is ready. Please read
the description and work on it.
49.
There
are four sections and you DO NOT have to go to your registered section to attend
recitation. You may rotate to any recitation that fits your schedule and taste.
50.
No
homework for the first week.
51.
All
homework set for each is assigned no later than Wednesday and is collected
PRECISELY one week after, on Wednesday, before 8:20AM.
52.
No grades for late homework for any reason.
53.
We will
have four sections for the semester; if you still can’t find a suitable
slot, please discuss it with your or AMS undergraduate director.
54. The class will be held in 102 Light
Engineering Building at 8:05-9:25AM Mondays and Wednesdays.
55. The final exam: May 14, 2008 (Wed) 8-10:30AM.
New notes for
the fall 2007 semester:
Updated at 1:47PM on 12/17/2007:
1.
Congratulations for a smooth final! Grades will be posted on my website with
time stamp. I will submit to SOLAR 24 hours after posting so please contact me
if you have issues.
2.
I have
provided a solution to Problem 9.5. Click HW9
to view it (page 2). I also provided solution for Problem 7.6. Click HW7
to view it (page 2). Good luck.
3.
TAs:
Please be aware that I never authorize any grade changes without my signature.
Never change any grades on my behalf without my signature. If you change a
student’s grade, you must have full defense why you do it.
4.
Students:
No grades for missing names on homework, quizzes, and final. Don’t waste
time to argue on grades.
5.
Final is
to be held at 8-10:30AM on Wed 12/19/2007. Room TBA
6.
Please
collect old homework and quiz papers during my office hours.
7.
Grades
for HW9 are posted and grader for this set is TA Mayank.
8.
Grades
for Quiz-3 are posted and grader for TA is Seetha.
9.
Grades
for HW8 are posted and grader for this set is TA Ji
Han.
10. Quiz-3 is scheduled to take place on
Wednesday 11/28.
11. Grades for HW7 are posted. One student whose
grade is not posted (but the HW7 was handed in) should see TA Ji Han as soon as possible to correct one recording error.
12. To accommodate people who have to catch
6:49PM train, I would reserve enough time for people who have to walk to the
train station.
13. HW-8 is posted on 11/13 and HW-6 was
accidentally removed from the list and is restored.
14. Quiz-2 grades are posted soon so click
“Grades” to see your grade. If you have any problems for the
grading, please check with TA Ji Han whose contact
info can be found at “Info”. If you can’t resolve your issues
with him, please see me
15. Congratulations to a very smooth Quiz-2,
16. Due to my conference trip to SC07, we will
have no lecture on Friday (11/9). It will be made up on Friday (11/16) at
5:45PM. Students who could not attend the make-up session will be given a
private lecture at a different time.
17. Grades for HW-6 are posted. I all bring all
graded work to classroom on Friday (11/2). Please come to my office to pick up
if you would like to get it earlier.
18. HW-7 is posted on the web, and its due date
is 11/14 because of the pending Quiz-2
19.
TA for Friday (10/26) recitation is ill again and
she will not be able to conduct the recitation but she will come to the
classroom to discuss with students for a substitution time.
20. If you did Problem 5.3 correctly with
“–kv^2”, you will get full credit. If
you did Problem 5.7 using my weak definition y2/y1, y3/y2, y1/y3 =/= constant
correctly, you are also given full credit.
21. HW5 grades are posted. Minor revisions to
Quiz1 and HW4 grades were done. As of day (10/15), the posted grades are
correct and final.
22. R02 TA (Ji Han)
missed Tuesday (10/23)’s recitation. Mr. Han and I discussed a plan to
make it up this way: He will elongate the two immediate future recitations by
28 minutes each to make up the missed 55 minutes, in the same classroom. Email
me if this inconveniences you.
23. One student loses a key chain with several
keys on it after today (10/24) class. Please come to my office with a photo ID
to claim it.
24. HW-6 is posted.
25. R02 TA will grade HW-5, HW-6, HW-7, and
Quiz-2.
26. I hope to host quiz-2 on Nov 7 Wednesday
(ignore my earlier request on Nov 5). Please alert me if this date conflicts
with your schedule. This date is
tentative and I will finalize it at least one week before the actual quiz.
27. I have made a small revision to Problem 5.3
and given hints to Problem 5.6 and added notes to Problem 5.7. Please check
them!
28. R01 TA informed that two students’
Problem 2 for Quiz-1 might have been mis-graded. If
your did the problem with full understanding that the ferry boat always faces
at the docking port (w,0), you must look for the TA to
get extra points.
29. If we have to make up a missing lecture in
the future, we will use a Friday 5:40PM in the same classroom. But I hope we
will never need it. If we do do it, I will announce
it at least 1 week before.
30. If you have grading issues with Quiz-1,
please check with R01 TA. Please see me if the issue persists. Good luck!
31. Quiz-1 grades were posted at ~5PM on Friday.
32. R03 Recitation will be held on Friday as
regular so please attend it if you have missed the previous.
33. HW-5 due date is 10/24 (with no homework
collection on 10/17). R02 TA should get the grade sheet from R01 TA and come to
my office or classroom on 10/24 to get HW-5 for grading.
34. R03 Recitation is canceled due to TA’s
illness. She’ll make-up the recitation on Wednesday (10/17) at the same
time and same location.
35. HW-4 grades are posted already. Please check.
If you don’t write your name on the paper, there is no grade.
36. I would be in office all day today (10/11),
please feel free to come over if you have any questions. Good luck and see you
at quiz-1 tomorrow.
37. HW-5 is posted on the web and, due to the
Quiz-1, you will have two weeks of time to work on it.
38. R01 TA was too ill to hold his recitation
today (Monday, Oct 8). He would like to make it up on Wednesday (Oct 10) in the
Physics Building P116 at the same time
(12:50). I hope you can make to this one or the R02 recitation. Friday
recitation will be too late for Quiz-1.
39. Quiz-1 is confirmed for Oct 12 (Friday)
during the regular class time in the classroom.
40. I have just removed the “ID” I
created for the course so please remember yours. To make the grading TA’s
job easier, please write on your homework and tests this “ID”, your
SBU ID, and your name. TA also told me it’s important to stable
multi-page homework.
41. I’m posting some hints for HW-3 so try
to see if you need them to speed up your work.
42.
Problem
2-3 is re-graded and grades for HW-2 are posted. With my instructions, the TA
gave you 2 points if you did the old Problem 2-3 correctly and ZERO
incorrectly. TA gave you 10 if you did the new version (posted on the web five
days before collection date) correctly or ZERO incorrectly. See me (NOT the
TA who did it correctly) if you have problems with this.
43. All homework assignments may come from the
textbook or may be created by me. If you find the problems differ from textbook
problems, do whatever is assigned on my web without
referring to the textbook.
44. TAs and students: You are responsible to check my web
frequently to make sure you grade and do the correct problems. If I make small
changes to assignments three days before collection of assignment, you must
grade do the correct assignment according to my web.
45.
Our Quiz-1 is scheduled to be held on Friday Oct 12 as I need to travel
on that day. It will cover material through the Wednesday (10/10)’s
lecture. Very unlikely but possible that we have to change the date to
Friday Oct 5.
46. We have worked the TA issues with all three
sections so please go to your desired section for recitation. I’m still
waiting for the TAs to furnish me with their information.
47. Thanks to our great TA for R03, homework set
1 is graded so please find your grades by going to “Grades”. Please
look up “Students” to find your new ID that’s used for
posting grades. I will remove the ID on Friday (9/28).
48. HW3 is pre-posted on my website. Have a look
at it. No need to worry about working on it until the actual assignment date
marked on the assignment.
49. HW2 is pre-posted on my website. Have a look
at it. No need to worry about working on it until the actual assignment date
marked on the assignment.
50. As of now, I still have not met the TA for
R01. Students should meet the TA for Recitation R01 on Monday and R02 on
Tuesday. No recitation on Friday.
51. HW-1 is pre-posted on the web.
52. I have updated the recitation location and
time. Please check it.
53. All quizzes and exams will be open-book.
54. Final exam date is confirmed according to
Stony Brook Calendar: 8:00-10:30AM on Wednesday Dec 19. Location: TBA.
55. TA and students: Recitations will start from
week-2. Homework assignment will also start from Wednesday of week-2 and thus
the first homework collection will start on Wednesday of week-3.
56. Homework will always be assigned on
Wednesdays on my website and collected the following Wednesdays BEFORE lecture.
57. All homework assignment will be posted on
web.
58. Many students emailed me about ams361 for
fall 2007. It is very similar to what we did for spring 2006 semester.
59. The class for the fall 2007 semester will be
held at 9:35-10:30AM on Mondays and Wednesdays and Fridays.
General guide to TAs:
(1) Please contact me through emails or office
visit when there are issues;
(2) During recitation
a. please work out in details of the submitted,
immediate past, homework;
b. please outline the key steps for the
un-submitted, immediate future, homework;
c. lecture on complicated theorems if students
request;
d. answer common questions.
(3) Grade homework sets and send me the grades;
(4)
Check my website for the course
regularly.
I was on leave
for the fall 2006 and spring 2007 semesters.
New Notes for
the spring 2006 Semester:
1. The final grades were submitted to SOLAR on
Friday (5/19). Please check and let
me know if there are issues. Have a pleasant summer!
2. All grades including the final exam on May 15
are posted on my web. The final letter grades are also given. Please check. I
will enter the results posted here to SOLAR within 12 hours.
3. The final is on Monday (May 15) 8-10:30AM.
The location is JAV 100. It will cover the material for the entire semester.
Good luck!
4. HW-9 grades are posted (same day we collected
the paper). Please check!
5. All graded old papers can be found from TA
Ms. H S Lee.
6. Quiz
7. I have the graded Quiz
8. Graded HW-8 is in my office. If you would
like to get it back, please do. I also have old work for the entire semester.
9. Grades (including those for HW8) for the
entire semester are updated. Please email me if you have any questions.
10. HW-9 is posted so please have fun with it.
The due date is May 3 because of the quiz
11. It is confirmed: The Quiz-3 on Wednesday
(April 5) was poorly managed by one of my TAs. To restore fairness, I came to
the following plan after talking to several students: an alternate Q
12. Grades for Q-3 are posted. So please check to
see if you need the Q
13. HW8 was assigned a few days ago but I forgot
to post it. It’s posted now. You have one week from today (April 17).
14. Today (April 17)’s lecture: Chapter 7
(Laplace Transform).
15. Grades for HW7 are posted. Please check to
make sure they are correct! No homework collection on Monday (April 17). HW8 due date April 24 and HW9 due date
May 1.
17. Quiz-3 on April 5 during class time and in
the classroom. Good luck! The test will cover all material lectured since
Quiz-2 by Dr. Xu and the Deng Notes.
18. HW7 will be collected on Monday (4/3) due to
Quiz-3 on April 5.
19. HW6 grades are posted. Please make sure the
posted grades are correct!
20. Students who want to make up the quiz-2 must
bring written proof why the quiz has to be made up. People who want to use
make-up to improve the score don’t even think about it. The student must
come to my office to make up the test before Wednesday (3/22). All future
requests for make-up for quiz-3 and final must be placed one week prior to the
event except medical emergency.
21. The Deng Notes are running out. People who
reserved them should get them as soon as possible. People who got the notes
should pay Steve according to his website information
http://ic.sunysb.edu/stu/syleigh/reserves.html.
22. Quiz-2 grades are posted. Hope you did well.
23. HW6 will be collected on Monday (March 27).
HW7 will be collected on Monday (April 3). HW8 will be collected on Monday
(April 17, due to spring break).
24. HW4 grades are posted. The graded HW will be
returned to you on Monday in class. I will start lecturing Chapter 3 on Monday
(March 13).
25. HW4 will be collected on Monday (March 6) before