Math 11200, Studies in Mathematics

Spring 2004, Section 50

Welcome to Math 112! I am your teacher, Karl-Dieter Crisman. We will meet MWF at 12:30 pm in Cobb Hall Rm. 203 during the Spring Quarter. This is one source for course information for our course. Feel free to email me with questions! You can do that at crisman at math dot uchicago dot edu.

Your syllabus, including info such as office hours and expectations, is available in Microsoft Word, or as html. Our text will be Herrmann and Sally, Course Notes for Math 11200. You will be able to buy it from Stephanie Walthes in Eckhart 211 for just $20; pay cash, or check made out to the U of C.

Wondering what's due, and when? I've got homeworks available right here! Updated frequently.

The first midterm was as scheduled, on Friday, April 16th. It covered Chapters 0-2; a review sheet is available for you.

The second midterm will be later than originally scheduled. It will be on Wednesday, May 19th. It will cover Chapters 3, 4, and 6, and the material we did in class related to parts of Chapters 5 and 7. Here is a brief review sheet for you to peruse. We will have a review session Monday at 8 pm in Eckhart 203. As I have time, I will possibly post some homework solutions.

Selected homework solutions are available here.

Due on Monday, May 3rd, is a short historical homework. You will also be giving a very short oral presentation based on it, but not immediately.

In case you lost it or did not come to class for it, the handout for the cryptography homeworks is here.

I will also maintain some of this information on the chalk website, mostly more formal materials. I will try to keep it up to date, but your best source of information is this page.

My office hours will be in Eckhart 16 (basement). Regular office hours are Monday, 1:30 to 3:00, and Thursday, 3:00-4:00. You can always schedule your own appointment by email if you need assistance outside the regularly scheduled times!

There will also be a final project. We will not be presenting them, because we presented the history projects, and they will be due the same time as the final exam. However, I would recommend turning them in substantially before that (perhaps Friday of reading period) so that you don't have too much work during finals week.

And of course, there will be a final exam. It will be Thursday, June 10th, from 4-6 PM. Review materials are on the web now; also see the First Midterm and its review sheet, along with the Second Midterm and its