Announcements

Math 115A, Lecture 5, Fall 2010

Mon Dec 27 2010:
Since a few people have asked, here are the ranges that I used for final course grades: As you can see, there were large gaps between the upper end of one grade and the lower end of the next higher grade. This is why I chose to place the cut-offs where I did. (I also assigned a few + and - grades to students who were at the high or low end of their grade range by a noticeable margin.) This means that, for example, if you got a B+, then you weren't really close to an A- at all. So there's probably no point in asking me for a grade change, unless you think that there was some mistake in the grading, for example of one of your exams.
Fri Dec 10 2010:
The final exam and my solutions to it are now posted. The exam grades, along with your final course grades, should be available on my.ucla soon. Have a great holiday break!
Mon Dec 6 2010:
I will hold a review session for the final exam on Wednesday, Dec 8, starting at 6:00 PM, in MS 5147. I have the room reserved for a few hours, so I'll try to stay as long as people have questions. And that means if you can't show up at 6:00, you're welcome to show up any time later.

My office hours this week will be on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:00 to 3:30. Let me know if you really want to talk to me and can't make it at either of those times, and maybe we can set something up.

Homework #10 is due on Wednesday, at the review session, or any time before that. If you're planning on coming to the review session, you can just turn it in to me there. Or if you prefer, you can turn it in to me at my office any time before that.

The final exam will be on Friday, Dec 10, from 8:00 to 11:00 AM, in Geology 3656.

Good luck with all of your finals this week!
Sat Nov 13 2010:
Some of you have asked for copies of old tests I've given for Math 115A. In case you couldn't find them elsewhere on my web site, here are the midterm and final exam that I gave in summer session C.
Wed Nov 10 2010:
I will hold office hours tomorrow (Thursday, November 11) at the usual time, 4:00 - 5:00, despite the holiday.

As promised, I will also hold a review session for Monday's midterm on Friday, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, in Boelter 5249. Feel free to show up for any or all of that time.

Finally, I have also reserved a larger room for the midterm. The midterm will be in PAB 1434A (that's the Physics and Astronomy Building). If you don't know where that is, try to find it early so you don't get lost!
Wed Nov 3 2010:
For homework #6, you do not need to do problems 9 and 10 from Section 2.4. I will write up problems for next week that cover the same ideas, but hopefully in a more logical manner! This change has already been updated on the assignments page.
Mon Oct 18 2010:
You can now download midterm 1 and my solutions to it. Guy and I will grade the midterms over the next few days, so you should expect to get them back on Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. The grades will also be posted on my.ucla as soon as we are finished.
Thu Oct 14 2010:
Midterm 1 will be next Monday, Oct 18, during class. I will hold a review session for Midterm 1 tomorrow, Fri Oct 15, from 4:00 until around 6:00 in MS 6229. If you can't show up at 4:00, feel free to show up later. I plan to give a review of the most important concepts/theorems that we have covered so far, and also to solve some problems for you and answer any questions that you might have.
Wed Sep 29 2010:
I'm afraid I must cancel my office hours tomorrow (Thursday, 9/30). In place of those, I will hold office hours on Friday from noon to 1:00.
Mon Sep 27 2010:
Here are the syllabus and course outline that I handed out in class today. Also, as promised, I have posted part of the “supplementary material” from the back of the book, for those of you who don't have the UCLA special edition. You can download all of Chapter 2 of this supplement, or just the exercises.
Will Conley, Lecturer Mathematics Department UCLA