This 3-credit course is a synchronous class, meeting 7th period (1:55–2:45 p.m.) Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. As of February 17, all lectures will be via Zoom only (my request for a remote-teaching accommodation was re-evaluated and approved). Wednesday March 24 has been designated a "spring recharge day", so there will be no lecture that day.
- Course description
- Use of Canvas
- Dr. Groisser's home page, with contact information
- Syllabus and Course Information
- Homework rules and assignments
- Grade scale page. (Will be updated shortly after each assignment or exam is graded; will not exist until after the first assignment is graded.)
- Miscellaneous handouts
Course description
The two-semester sequence MAA 4211–4212 is intended for students who wish to pursue graduate study in mathematics. These are the students at whom this course will be aimed, regardless of who else is enrolled in it. The course can still be suitable for a student who has different after-college plans, provided he or she is strong in mathematics and has a deep interest in the conceptual side of mathematics, not just the computational side. But you should not be in this course unless you love mathematics and want to work hard at it. This fast-paced course will be harder than MAA 4211, and standards may be higher.Prerequisites
A grade of at least C in MAA 4211. All students are responsible for all material covered in my section of MAA 4211 last semester. Although Dr. Vatter and I covered nearly the same material, there may be some items that each of us covered that the other did not. I will make my fall-semester materials available to my MAA 4212 students.Other skills needed for success in MAA 4212
You must have the ability to write in clear, unambiguous, grammatically correct English sentences. Writing-mistakes that I was correcting last semester are no longer acceptable; you are expected to have learned from your professor's corrections of your past wrok. Having completed MAA 4211, you are now expected to be able to express mathematical ideas in precise terms, and communicate them clearly to other people. You are also expected not to make mistakes in elementary logic. If your instructor cannot understand your written work without excessive re-reading, or if there are elementary-logic flaws in your proofs, you will not receive a satisfactory grade in this course. If you do not believe that expressing yourself precisely and clearly is your responsibility, you should not take this class.You must also be good at following rules and instructions.
Use of Canvas
Most files and pages I create for this course will be housed on the website you're looking at now, not directly on Canvas. However, they will all be reachable from Canvas, and you will be submitting homework and exams in Canvas. I will be using the "Announcements" feature in Canvas to make important announcements.