MATH 54, Sections 104 and 114, Fall 2008

Announcements

• You can see your final exams in 970 Evans next semester.
• If BearFacts says you got an F and you were in my discussion section, please email me.

Quizzes

1. Section 104 quiz and solutions. Section 114 quiz and solutions.
2. Section 104 quiz and solutions. Section 114 quiz and solutions.
3. Section 104 quiz and solutions. Section 114 quiz and solutions.
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Time and Place

• Section 104
  • MWF 9:10-10:00
  • 3105 Etcheverry
• Section 114
  • MWF 2:10-3:00
  • 246 Dwinelle

Both sections have a corresponding lecture, MATH 54 Section 1, which is held TTh 8:10-9:30 in 150 Wheeler.

Office Hours

• Tuesday 10:40-11:30
• Wednesday 11:10-12:00

GSI's Contact Information

• Name: Ed Carter
• Email: ecarter@math.berkeley.edu
• Office: 1061 Evans
• Web page: http://math.berkeley.edu/~ecarter/
• Course web page: http://math.berkeley.edu/~ecarter/Fall08/54/

Also see Professor Grunbaum's course page at http://math.berkeley.edu/~grunbaum/54.html.

Textbooks

• Linear Algebra and its Applications by David Lay, UC Berkeley paperback edition
• Fundamentals of Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems by Nagle, Saff, and Snider, UC Berkeley paperback edition

Course Policies

Homework

There will be homework due every Monday and Friday in section, starting September 5, as indicated in lecture. Each homework assignment will be given a grade out of 5 points as follows:

• 3 randomly chosen problems will be graded for correctness (1 point each)
• 2 points given based on completeness of the remainder of the assignment

Late homework will not be accepted.

Quizzes

There will be a quiz each Wednesday in section, starting September 3. There will be no make-up quizzes.

Section Grade

Your section grade will be computed from your 20 highest homework scores and 10 highest quiz scores, in equal parts. This grade will count for 20% of your overall course grade. That is, your homework and quizzes will each count for 10% of your overall course grade.