COP 4313 Symbolic Computations in Mathematics -- Spring 2001

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Lecture 1     Lecture 2     Lecture 3    Lecture 4    Lecture 5    Lecture 6   Lecture 7
Lecture 8a  Lecture 8b   Lecture 9    Lecture 10   Lecture 11   Lecture 12

Course Meets: MW 4:00--5:15 PM in PHY 209 (computer lab on the second floor of PHY.)
Prerequisites: ALL of the following courses are REQUIRED prerequisites: MAS 3105 Linear Algebra, MAP 2302 Differential Equations, MGF 3301 Bridge to Abstract Mathematics, MAC 2283 Eng Calculus III or MAC 2313 Calculus III.
Instructor: W. Edwin Clark
Office: PHY 326 A
Email: eclark@math.usf.edu ( I read my email frequently.)
Homepage: http://www.math.usf.edu/~eclark/
(This information will be on my homepage in case you lose it. You may also go there if you are curious about my research and academic genealogy.)
Office Hours: TR 5:00 to 5:50 and W 3:00 to 3:50. (Also, immediately after class or by appointment.)
Textbook:  There will be no textbook. Notes of all lectures will be distributed in class and/or electronically as they are completed.  Maple has extensive documentation and examples of use built in to the program. Instructions will be given on how to access this information.
Software: The program we will use in this course is Maple 6. It is installed on almost all USF computers.  If you wish to have a copy for home use you may obtain a copy of the Student Edition of Maple 6in the USF Bookstore for $129.95. I understand that this is the full version of Maple 6 and has not been limited in any way.   It is a great bargain.  For non-students the usual price is about $800.

See Maple Links on my home page for information about Maple access at USF and numerous other Maple sources of information on the internet.

Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Course Grades:

   1. Homework Assignments:  (40%)  Assignments will be due at the beginning of class on the due date.  Late assignments will not be accepted. Collaboration Rules:  Discussion of the homework between students is  permitted;  however,  copying another student's work is not permitted.  University rules will be enforced.  It is a university policy that copying of computer programs and presenting them as one's own merits an F in the course.
   2. Monday Quizzes: (20%)  On each Monday, unless there is a holiday or exam, a quiz will be given at the beginning of class. The quizzes will cover topics covered in previous lectures. Usually, but not always, they will concentrate on the lecture of the previous week. There will be no makeups for student who are late or fail to take a quiz. However, I will drop the lowest  2 quiz grades .
   3. MidTerm Exam: (20%)  Wednesday, February 21.
   4. Final Exam: (20%) Friday,  May 4,  3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

.COURSE GRADES: Your course grade will be based on the weighted average of the grades on the Homework, Monday Quizzes, MidTerm and Final.  I will use the following scale to assign plus/minus letter grades

98-100 = A+, 93-97 = A, 90-92 = A-,
88-89 = B+, 83-87= B, 80-82 = B-,
78-79 = C+, 73-77 = C, 70-72=C-,
68-69 = D+, 63-67 = D, 60-62 = D-,
0-59 = F.
 

Class Mailing List:

It is important for students to have email accounts from USF or a private internet service provider and as soon as possible join the class mailing list,  SymComp.  If you are now on the course website, the easiest way to join right now is to click on the link JOIN SYMCOMP below and fill in your email address and name in the places indicated. Then without making any other changes in the form click on the SAVE button at the bottom of the form. You will then be a member.  You may join several times from different accounts if you wish.

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I will use this mailing list to communicate with the class so it is very important that you subscribe as soon as possible AND read your email frequently. The first message from the list will explain how to use the list. If you don't get a Welcoming Message immediately, let me know after you have checked that you typed in your email address correctly.

Obtaining a USF e-mail/internet account: The proper place to go (bring a picture ID): depends on which college you are currently in: College of Engineering: College of Engineering Computing (ENB 118) Arts and Sciences Graduate Program: College of Arts and Sciences Computing (SCA 210) College of Medicine (any branch): Medicine Computing/Info. Services (MDC 51) ALL OTHERS (including if you are not in a college yet): Academic Computing Help Desk (LIB 608)

Technical Support for connecting from home, using email, general computing problems may be obtained from the Help Desk, in LIB 610a on the 6th floor of the library.

For more help getting email go to Help@Academic Computing whose URL is http://www.acomp.usf.edu/help@.html.

First day of classes:  Monday, January 8
Martin Luther King Holiday:  Monday, January 15
Spring Break:  March 12-17
Last day of classes:  Friday, April 27
Final Exams:  April 28-May 4