Instructor: Dr. Farshid Hajir.    Office: Lederle Graduate Research Tower 1118.    Phone: 545-6015. e-mail: hajir@math.umass.edu

• p. 230ff 1,2,5,7,11,12,13,14,15 Due Tuesday 9/11.
  
  • p. 245ff 2,3,4,5,7,8,10,13,16,20,22,23,24 Due Tuesday 9/18..
    
    
    • p. 249ff 19,25,26,28,29,30,31,32 and p. 256ff 4,7,8,13,14,19, Due Tuesday 9/25.
      
      
      • There won't be any homework due on Tuesday Oct. 2nd. The next homework will be due Tuesday October 9th; here are the problems. 7.5: 1,2,3,4,5; 7.6: 3,5,7; 8.1: 1c,2c,4,8(a) D=-2 only; 8.2: 1,2,3.

    • 8.3: p. 292:1,2,8 9.2: (p. 301) 1-3,8,11 and 9.3: (p. 306): 1,2,5 due Thursday Oct 12
    • due on Thursday Nov 15 10.1 p.343: 5,6,7,8,9,11,12,18 10.2 p. 350: 3,5,6,8,9,12,13,14
    
    
    
    • a sample midterm which is also homework due Tues Nov. 6th.
    • due on Tuesday Dec. 4 10.3 p.356: 3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,13,15 10.4 p. 375: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
    
    
    Homework Rules and Guidelines: Why are you are attending a University instead of studying on your own? So that you can be part of an interacting academic community. So, when you get stuck, seek help from your instructor, other students, classmates ...! I especially recommend that you work with your fellow students in groups. If you are stuck on a problem and seek help from an instructor or a fellow student, you owe it to yourself to aim for an understanding of the concepts and ideas that come up in the discussion (do not just memorize the series of steps leading to the solution). Then, go home and reconstruct the argument for yourself in the privacy of your own brain, to make sure you are not merely reproducing mindlessly something you have not thought through. Remember that during tests and quizzes, you will have to rely on your own understanding of the material.

    Here are the rules for collaborating on homework problems:
    

    I. You must list the names of all people with whom you discussed each specific problem.
    II. You MUST write your solutions completely independently.
    Failure to comply with these rules may result in disciplinary action. Homework will be due on Thursday at the start of lecture, unless othewise stated. Late homework will not be accepted. Please note that the lowest homework grade will be dropped.