This page contains information (announcements etc.) and links related to the course. Links to things such as homework assignments, solutions for homeworks, practice tests etc. will appear later. Essential information about the course can be found in the syllabus.
Advice for students (what to expect in the course, and, in particular, how to write proofs).
List of typos in the textbook: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~west/mt/mt2err.html
Midterm 1 was given on Wednesday, October 7.
It was based on Homeworks 1-5 (part of Chapters 1-3).
The median score for Midterm 1 is 34 points, and the mean is is 81.6%, or 32.6 points
(out of 40).
Here are the practice problems
(please disregard Problems 8 and 9 - they are not part of the test material),
and their solutions.
Here are the solutions for Midterm 1.
Putnam competition
Interested in taking the Putnam exam this year? You can join the UIUC team!
Please take note of the following events:
HOMEWORKS
| No. | Problems assigned up to |
Solutions/due |
| 1 | Friday 08/28 | Friday, 09/04 |
| 2 | Friday 09/04 | Friday, 09/11 |
| 3 | Friday 09/11
Update: one of the problems has been moved to Homework 4 |
Friday, 09/18 |
| 4 | Friday 09/18 | Friday, 09/25 |
| 5 | Friday 09/25 | Friday, 10/02 |
| 6 | Friday 10/02 | Friday, 10/16 |
| 7 | Friday 10/16 | Friday, 10/23 |
| 8 | Friday 10/23 | Friday, 10/30 |
| 9 | Friday 10/30 | Friday, 11/06 |
| 10 | Friday 11/06 | Friday, 11/13 |
| 11 | Friday 11/20 | Wednesday, 12/02 |
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