Starting week three of classes, there will be an honors section for this class. This section is in addition to the discussion section offered on Thursdays.

Meetings: Thursdays 12-1 in MS6118.

Plan of Action: During third and/or fourth week of classes I would like to meet for either a two hour session and two one hour sessions, to 'make up' for the first two weeks of classes we did not have an honors discussion section yet. I envision to cover and discuss some of the sections in the textbook used for this course, that are 'starred', indicating that they are of a more theoretical nature. In addition I will have the students derive results on their own, by giving them a sequence of exercises that lead to them. Typically this requires you to synthesize material and subjects not only from this course, but from courses that are prerequisites for this class, such as 33B and 32A. The evaluation of the work done in an honors section is not to be directly calculated into the course grade, but as I see, your ability to handle the course material will improve upon participating in the honors section naturally.

Eligibility: Any student enrolled in Math170A this quarter can participate.

Qualifications:

1. To receive honors credit for this course you can miss at most one of our hourly meetings, and if you do, you have to study the material and are responsible for it in subsequent meetings.
2. During the last two weeks of classes, each student will give a presentation of at most 10 minutes to the group.