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