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Math 142 -- Mathematical Modelling
Fall 2007

Time:	MWF 10 - 10:50am
Place:	MS 5127
Textbook:	Richard Haberman, Mathematical Models: mechanical vibrations, population dynamics, and traffic flow, SIAM
Instructor:	Jason DeVita
Office:	MS 7354
Email:	jason@math.ucla.edu
Office Hours:	M 11am-12:30pm, W 1pm-2:30pm, or by appointment

Course homepage:
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jason/142.1.07f/index.html

Rough outline of the topics to be covered:

Weeks 1-4:		Mechanics
Weeks 5-8:		Population dynamics
Weeks 9-10:		Traffic flow

Homework
Homework will be assigned weekly on Fridays. Each homework will be due one week after it is assigned. Students are encouraged to work together on the homeworks, but each student must submit his/her own work.

Late homework will not be accepted. The lowest homework grade for the term will be dropped.


Exams
Midterm: Friday, November 2
Final: Thursday, December 13, 2007, 3:00pm-6:00pm
Exams will be closed book, closed notes. Calculators will not be permitted. Please bring a photo ID to the exams.

Mark these dates on your calendar. There will be no make-up exams. The final exam is mandatory. If you do not take the final, you will not pass the class.

Grades:
Your grade for the course will be computed with the following weights:
25% Homework
30% Midterm
45% Final