Math 490: Senior Seminar - Spring 2014

Announcements

  • You are allowed a single, handwritten, 3x5 inch note card for the final exam.
  • As a study aid for everyone, each of you is responsible for sending me by 9:00 AM on Thursday May 1 a study guide for the sections listed next to your name using the supplied LaTeX template. I will collect them into a single file, and bring them to class to discuss and share. Be sure to separate your notes into sections. Don't just make a list - include definitions, and statements of particularly useful theorems or results.
    • Carlson: 1, 5, 13, 17, 21.
    • Cannon: 2, 6, 14, 18, 22.
    • Johnson: 3, 7, 11, 15, 19.
    • Pender: 4, 12, 16, 20, 23, 24.
  • I've posted a solution to 15.1.
  • If you are someone's helper, you need to make sure you give them the feedback in time to be useful for them to improve. That means at least 24 hours before they are presenting.
  • A nice video showing how a Reuleaux triangle is used as a drill bit.
  • Note: Page numbers sometimes overlap. You will have to negotiate break points with your peers.
  • You will want to review the contents of OralGuidelines.pdf, available below.
  • I will be posting time sensitive information here.

Homework Instructions

Homework is due by 2:00 PM on the date assigned. No late homework will be accepted except by prior arrangement. You may submit your homework in class or in my box in the Math and Statistics Department office.

Formatting Instructions

  • All homework must be submitted in ink (and you should be sure to leave adequate space for grading comments). If you are using lined paper, you should double space your work where appropriate.
  • Your name, class section and due date should appear in the top right hand corner of the first page.
  • Your assignment must be stapled together (not paperclipped, not crimped). Staple all assignments due on the same date together.
  • If your paper came from a spiral bound notebook, you must remove all the pokey out bits (the edges of the page should be straight and clean).
  • You must include the problem statement with your solution. (Added 1/26.)

Failure to follow these instructions will result in deductions from your grade.

Grading Policy

Each problem will be graded on a 5 point scale: 5=entirely or nearly correct, 4=nearly correct but solution is poorly presented or contains a notable error, 3=mostly correct but a significant mathematical error, 2=significant progress in the right direction but multiple errors, 1=a genuine attempt at the problem, 0=little or no real attempt at the problem.

Presentation Schedule

Presenters and helpers are listed below. Presenters are listed first, helpers second. Page numbers the presenter is expected to cover are listed next to the presenter's name.