Math 239 Course Home Page : Fall 2007


NEWS FLASH

Notes on solutions to sample final are below. (Including correction to Q.11b)

Course Outline

PDF file of the course outline

Sample final exam

An exam from an earlier term is available below for practice (click here). Answers to most of the questions are here.

Instructor Office Hours (pre-exam)

Locations: B. Richter MC 5033 (ext. 84625), N. Wormald MC 5034 (ext. 36983), D. Jao 5038 (ext. 32493), K. Purbhoo MC 4029.
You may consult any instructor according to this schedule (no matter which section you are in):
TUESDAY 11th: Purbhoo 10-11:30; Wormald 3-4; Jao 4-6
WEDNESDAY 12th: Purbhoo 1:30 - 3:30; Wormald 3-5
THURSDAY 13th: Purbhoo 10-11; Wormald 2-3; Jao 4-6
FRIDAY 14th: Richter 9:30-11:30

Tutorial Centre Hours (pre-exam)

Please consult the tutorial centre information posted. Here are the hours:
December 12th, 12noon-6.00pm
December 13th, 1:00pm-4.00pm
December 14th, 10.00am-12.00pm and 1.00pm-2.00pm

Review session

This will be held on Wednesday December 12, 4-6pm in MC 2065.

Problems and Course Summary

Click here for a One-page course summary but WARNING: not all important things fitted into the summary!

Here are some problems from the Notees. This list is for practice problems on a particular topic for students who want to know which ones may be worth doing. Note that the ones marked * are somewhat tricky or involved. These are very likely to be harder than any exam question would be.
1.1: 2,3 1.2: 1,4
1.4: 1,8
1.5: 5,8
2.2: 3,9,10,12
2.5: 3,4,6,7*,9
3.1: 4,7*
4.1: 2,6,12
4.3: 1,6*
4.4: 6,7,9. Note: 9 can serve as a hint for 6.
5.1: 2,3,5
5.3: 3,4,5
5.4: 6abc,7*
6.2: 1,3
6.4: 4,5,9,10,11
6.5: 2,6
7.1: 4,7
7.2: 1*,6,7
7.3: 1,2,6,10

Tutorial Centre

More details about the Centre and also arrangements for private tutors can be found here.

The hours of operation of the Tutorial Centre for Math 239 are to be found posted outside the Tutorial Centre (MC4067). There are certain times on Wednesdays and Thursdays. At present, the scheduled times are

Wednesdays 11.30 to 3.30
Thursdays 12.30 to 4.30

Midterm

Here is a pdf file of a sample midterm.
Here are the Solutions.
Here are the solutions to THIS terms's midterm.

Sample Quiz and Quiz solutions

PDF file of the sample quiz

PDF file of the sample quiz solutions

There were two versions of the quiz. Here are solutions to the Tuesday quiz and the Wednesday version

Unclaimed assignments - where to pick up

Section 2: in a box outside MC 6224 ONLY THURSDAY DEC 6 12-1pm or FRIDAY DEC 7 12-2pm; after that, in the tutorial centre December 12th, 4.00pm-6.00pm or December 14th, 10.00am-12.00pm

Section 3: in a box outside MC 6224

Section 4: in a box outside MC 5164

Check your term work marks

Please check your recorded assignment marks, quiz mark and midterm mark. here.

Graduate Teaching assistants

Section 1 (Instructor B. Richter): J. Dietrich
Section 2 (Instructor N. Wormald): K. Karabina
Section 3 (Instructor D. Jao): N. Mullin
Section 4 (Instructor K. Purbhoo): J. Dietrich

Assignments

The following will be pdf files for downloading

Assignment 1 Due September 21 [Solutions to Assignment 1]
Assignment 2 Due September 28 [Solutions to Assignment 2]
Assignment 3, Due October 12. NOTE: this assignment has weight 5/3. [Solutions to Assignment 3]
Assignment 4, Due October 26. NOTE: this assignment has weight 5/3. [Solutions to Assignment 4]
Assignment 5, Due November 2. [Solutions to Assignment 5]
Assignment 6, Due November 16. NOTE: this assignment has weight 5/3. [Solutions to Assignment 6]
Assignment 7, Due November 23. [Solutions to Assignment 7]
Assignment 8, Due November 30. [Solutions to Assignment 8]
Assignment 9, for practice only; do not hand in. [Solutions to Assignment 9]

Tutorial problems

These pdf files will be available for downloading, usually a day before the tutorial.

Tutorial 1 (September 18)
Tutorial 2 (September 25)
Tutorial 3 (October 2)
Tutorial 4 (October 9)
Tutorial 5 (October 23)
Tutorial 6 (October 30)
Tutorial 7 (November 6)
Tutorial 8 (November 13)
Tutorial 9 (November 20)
Tutorial 10 (November 27)