Week of 9/24 blogging and book

Hi,

If you haven't already, create a blog entry for 2.8 for Wednesday,
9/26. I expect to start chapter 3 on Friday, so create an entry
for 3.1 for Friday.

You can get the rest of the text for $10 (cash preferred) from Ms Uffelman in Ewing 501. She takes lunch 1-2, but the other secretaries can help you.

RJB

Week of 9/17

Hi

Please blog for section 2.3 for Monday and sections 2.4 and/or 2.5 for Wednesday, and sections 2.6 and/or 2.7 for Friday.

I'll post the next homework most likely on Tuesday.

My standard office hours are 3-4 MW and 9:30-10:30 F. This Monday I won't have any office hours but will have them T 9:45-10:45. W and F will be at the usual times.

Have a good weekend,

RJB

blogs for the rest of the week, new hw assignment

Hi

For blogging, many of you have done combined blogs for 1.5 and 1.6; this is ok. If you haven't done anything about 1.6, then you should do so by the end of Tuesday evening. The next blog, due by the end of Thursday, should be for 2.2; there is no need to do one for the review in 2.1. But, you should definitely read 2.1 because we will make use of ideas from linear algebra extensively.

I'll post a new homework assignment by the end of Wednesday.

RJB

More about Matlab...

Hi

An alert student pointed out that the following, which I neglected to mention:

Instead of buying the student version of matlab people
can access it through strauss by using ssh, they can
either use it through linux or by using cygwin in
windows, i have done this in the past and it works
great.

I would add to this that as long as the network isn't bogged down, or you're not working with graphics too much, this works fine. Otherwise, you must be patient, especially if you're interactively using commands.

RJB

Hi All,

This is a catch all reply to several questions. I apologize for not giving individual responses before.

1. Matlab is available at any public pc/workstation lab on campus, I believe. For example, the basement of Smith Hall has access to it.

2. Matlab can be purchased for $99 for the student edition at mathworks.com. This may be a very good time to buy it, since the textbook cost is so low for this semester. Note that you need a version of Matlab 7 to be compatible with the text, and the current student version certainly does this.

3. I only had two requests for the Matlab help document from Prof Driscoll this week; I'm sorry, but at that level of demand, I don't want to produce them for the class. If this causes a problem for anyone, don't hesitate to let me know.

4. You should make a blog entry for either or both of sections 1.1 and 1.2 for the Wednesday 9/5 lecture, and a blog entry for either of both of sections 1.3 and 1.4 for Friday 9/7, and an entry for 1.5 for Monday 9/10.

5. A record of emails like this will be at my blog for this class at http://udmath426-07f.blogspot.com.

6. I'll be reading email, but I don't know how often because I don't know how easy access will be.

See you next week,
RJB

Office hours, etc

Hi,

I'm considering the following office hours for this semester. Please let me know if none of them work for you: MW, 3:00-4:00; F, 9:30-10:30.

Thanks,
RJB