Spring Quarter 2018
Mo We Fr:
10:30--11:20 at 381U
INSTRUCTOR
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Professor Yakov Eliashberg
Office 383S
Office hours: MoWe 2:15-3:30 pm
COURSE
ASSISTANT - Francois-Simon Fauteux-Chapleau
Office 381M
Office hours: Fr 1:30 - 2:30
SYLLABUS
Final Exam (due on Monday, June 4th)
Solutions to the Final
Textbook
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Additional Texts:
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V.
I. Arnold, Geometrical Methods in the Theory of Ordinary
Differential Equations, 2nd edition, Springer 1988
V. I. Arnold, Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics, 2nd
Edition,
Springer
177 online text: Additional Chapters
Differential forms
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The
online
text will be from time to time updated and expanded
The class
will
be using the Piazza system: www.piazza.com.
Piazza is a question-and-answer platform specifically designed to get
you answers fast.
You can use Piazza for asking questions, as well as
answering questions of your classmates.
Please never hesitate to ask questions. Your questions will also
benefit other students.
The instructor and the TA will be monitoring all the discussions
on Piazza.
Homeworks
will
be given once every two weeks, posted online on Wednesdays, and
collected in class the Wednesdays in
a week.
EXAM
There will be a take-home Final exam
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Final will be given the
last week of May and due the first week of June
GRADING:
Homework
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35%
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Attendence
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35%
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Final
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30%
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