Lecture with Dr Mukamel
MWF 11:00-11:50 380X
MWF 1:15-2:05 380Y
Section with Amy
TuTh 1:15-3:05 MitchB67
Problem sessions with Aldo and Javier
Tu &;00-8:00 GESB134
W 5:30-6:30 GESB134
Th 5:30-6:30 GESB134
F 2:30-3:30 GESB131
Office Hours with Dr Mukamel
Tu 2:45-4:00 382E
W 2:15-4:00 382E
Office Hours with Amy
M 2:15-3:45 381F
W 4:00-5:30 381F
Remember, you are welcome at the office hours of any TA or prof, they are all listed
here.
Here is how the administrative things usually work for my sections. The exact details will vary depending on what course I'm TAing, so please check this page again on the first week of class. Other TAs have different rules, and you should ask them if in doubt.
- Please send all administrative emails from your @stanford.edu address. This includes officially changing sections or lectures, asking for alternative exam times, asking for extensions or scores for homeworks... Of course, you can use gmails for mathematical questions, arranging to meet with me etc
- I won't answer questions about homework after lecture or after section; please go to office hours instead or ask before section. I'll answer questions about theory after section.
Homework:
- Please write your name and section number at the top of the first page, and the names of any classmates you worked with, and any books, webpages or other references that you used (except the Levandosky and Licata texts). This won't affect your grade, but it's good practice to give credit where it's due.
- Try your hardest to hand it in to me at the start of section. You may be able to hand it in to me at my office between section and 5pm, but sometimes I won't be free during that time.
- If you haven't already stapled your work, or if it's attached in some other, less stable form, please ask me to staple it for you.
- You can get back your graded homework at the end of any section or at my office hours. Sometimes you can get it at the end of lecture or at the problem sessions, or some other time at my office, keep an eye on the noticeboard.
- If you have any disagreement about how your homework has been graded, please talk to me (after section, in office hours or email) asap. You will probably have to leave your homework (or a photocopy) with me for at least a few hours, so I can take a closer look at it.
- Please check Coursework regularly to make sure I've entered your scores correctly. Do not panic if you see a score of "-" for your latest homework in Coursework, it just means I haven't submitted your score yet. (But you should tell me asap if you have a "-" for a graded homework that's been returned to you.)
I welcome improvements to the material below, as well as suggestions for new resources. New resources will be added to the list the term after I finish teaching with them (ie current students should check my emails, and not this list!).
Firstly, some general study tips:
A survival guide from me
Similar advice from Joan
Prof Schechter's on common errors in undergrad
My advice for test preparation
Jessica Purcell's advice for doing well in exams
Joan's tips for writing proofs
Now some handouts on Math51 material, in chronological order. These were originally typed to supplement my sections, so they might not make perfect sense alone. * denotes basic material, ** is a little harder, *** is only for those who've mastered ** material, and **** is beyond the course.
*
Finding basis of nullspace and columnspace
***
Solution to Fall 2007 midterm I q5: finding matrices with given nullspace and columnspace
****
Rotations in higher dimensions
**
Changing between two non-standard coordinates
**
Solutions to Winter 2009 midterm II q6bc and Spring 2009 midterm II q5bc: projections, change of coordinates, eigenvectors
**
Solution to Winter 2010 midterm II q5: spectral theorem
*
Three ways to use the squeeze theorem
*
Limits and "division by zero"
My attempt at the Autumn 2010 final - this is NOT a model solution, just for interest. You can see how I struggle with arithmetic, and infer something about my thought process from the things that got crossed out.
Other fun maths things:
A talk I gave at SUMO in 2010 about the art gallery problem
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