Instructor: Professor Steven Zucker
TA: Longzhi Lin
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Text: R. Strichartz, The Way of Analysis (Revised Edition)
and documents placed on-line by the professor.
Material: Chapters 1-7, plus some of Ch. 9, of Strichartz. The following schedule may get revised as the semester proceeds.
Week 1 (of 1/26/09) 1.1-1.4 Week 2 (of 2/2/09) 2.1-2.2 [more coming] Week 3 (of 2/9/09) 2.3, 3.1 Week 4 (of 2/16/09) 3.2-3.3 Week 5 (of 2/23/09) 4.1-4.2 Week 6 (of 3/2/09) [Mon eve Exam 1: Weeks 1-4], 4.2(cont'd), 5.1 Week 7 (of 3/9/09) 5.2-5.4 Week 8 (of 3/23/09) 6.1-6.2 Week 9 (of 3/30/09) 6.2(cont'd), 7.1-7.2 Week 10 (of 4/6/09) 7.3-7.4 Week 11 (of 4/13/09) [Mon Exam 2: Weeks 5-9], 7.5 Week 12 (of 4/20/09) 7.6, 9.1 Week 13 (of 4/27/09) 9.2, 9.3 Last day of classes: Fri 5/1/09 Final Exam: Thurs 5/7/09 2-5PM
Basic Premise: It is expected that you make use of the textbook, the lectures, documents placed on the course website, the section meetings, office hours (if necessary), and your own intelligence to build your understanding of the material. These resources should get combined to produce good comprehension and facility. It is intended that the lectures provide you with good guidance as to how to approach the material, assuming that you are keeping up with the course. It is a mistake to believe that you must either get everything in class, or else you must get everything from the reading.
Homework: It is an essential part of the learning process to work out a large range of problems, especially in an abstract subject. Assignments are given on-line each week. Ordinarily, we will refuse to accept late homework.
The TA should not be expected to work out assigned problems that are due for submission.
You are encouraged to discuss the material with other students. However, you are to write up your homework solutions by yourself. Failure to do so (i.e., copying) is a violation of University policy on Ethics, which I quote from below. We will report all known cases to the Ethics Board.
The strength of the university depends
on academic and personal integrity. In this course, you must be
honest and truthful. Ethical violations include cheating on exams,
plagiarism, reuse of assignments, improper use of the Internet and
electronic devices, unauthorized collaboration, alteration of
graded assignments, forgery and falsification, lying, facilitating
academic dishonesty, and unfair competition.
Report any
violations you witness to the instructor. You may consult the
associate dean of students and/or the chairman of the Ethics Board
beforehand. See the guide on "Academic Ethics for Undergraduates"
and the Ethics Board web site
for more information. (I infer that this site can be reached
only by a JHU connection.)
Exams and grading policy: Unless you hear otherwise, there will be two midterms (evening exams on Monday ), and the Final. Each midterm will count 20% of the grade, the Final 40%. The graded homework will give the remaining 20%.
Anyone who misses an exam must make arrangements within two days of the missed exam for scheduling a make-up exam. We require proof of a valid excuse.
Office Hours: Students tend to feel better about course after coming to the office hours. If you are having difficulty with the course, I strongly urge you to see me. The weekly hours (available to walk-ins) are: W3 and F4:30-6 in Krieger 210. If these times are unsuitable, you may arrange an appointment to see me (e-mail zucker@jhu.edu , or call 410-516-7403).
Our TA, Longzhi Lin, has set up his office hours as T2-4 in Krieger 411.
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Steven Zucker