Instructor: Thomas Laurent
Office: 5352 Math Sciences Building.
Email: laurent@math.ucla.edu
Web Page: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~laurent
Office Hours : Tue 3:30P-5:00P, Thur 4:30P-6:00P
Teaching Assistant : Ryan Compton
Office: MS 3965
Email: rcompton@math.ucla.edu
Textbook: Richard Haberman, Mathematical Models
Requisite: MATH 32B, 33B
Schedule:
The three first weeks will cover part 2 of the textbook: POPULATION DYNAMICS
The seven following weeks will cover part 3 of the textbook: TRAFFIC FLOW
Grading Scheme:
Homework 15%, Midterms 40% (20% each), Final 45%
Exams:
Midterms : Friday, October 24 & Friday, November 21 during Lecture (THESE DATES ARE TENTATIVE)
Final : Tuesday, December 09, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
There will be no make-up exams.
No calculators, notes, or books will be permitted in any exams.
Homework:
There will be weekly homework. It is due on Friday, in lecture.
No late homework will be accepted.
The lowest homework grade will be dropped.
The assignments are posted HERE.
Working together on homework:
You are allowed and encouraged to work together on homework assignments.
However, you are expected to write the homework solutions on your own and with your own words.
Outright copying from somebody else's assignment will be considered cheating.
Updated: December 13, 2007