Carnegie Mellon-specific material

The course syllabus
 

Lectures*

Homework and Reading

 Aug 28 Monday Lecture 1

 Aug 29 Wednesday Lecture 2

 Read Chapters 1 and 2

 September 4 Monday (no class) 

 September 6 Wednesday Lecture 3

 Homework #1 (solutions page 1 page 2)

 September 11 Monday Lecture 4 

 September 13 Wednesday Lecture 5

 Read Chapter 3, to page 52. 

 Homework #2 (problem 1  problem 2  problem 3)

 September 18 Monday Lecture 6

 September 20 Wednesday Lecture 7

 Read pgs. 90(bottom)-92(top) and Chapter 3, 53-end.

 Homework #3 (.pdf.mcd.txt)

 September 25 Monday Lecture 8 #1#2#3#4

 September 27 Wednesday Lecture 9

 Read Chapter 5, 156-179

 Homework #4 (prob. 1prob. 2 prob. 3)

 October 2 Monday Lecture 10

 October 4 Wednesday Lecture 11

Test #1 covers material up to HW#4. Open book (any one book) and one sheet of notes.

 October 9 Monday Test #1

 October 11 Wednesday Lecture 12

 Read Chapter 5, 180-200

 Homework #5 prob.1prob. 2 prob. 3prob. 4

 October 16 Monday Lecture 13

 October 18 Wednesday Lecture 14

 

 October 23 Monday (no classes) 

 October 25 Wednesday Lecture 15

 Read Chapter 5, 201-end.

 Homework #6 prob.1prob. 2 prob. 3prob. 4

 October 30 Monday Lecture 16

 November 1 Wednesday Lecture 17

 Read Chapter 4, 79-99.

 Homework #7 prob. 1prob. 2

 November 6 Monday Lecture 18 
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 November 8 Wednesday Lecture 19
 

 November 13 Monday Test #2

 November 15 Wednesday Lecture 20

 Test #2 solutions #1 #2 #3 #4

 Homework #8 prob. 1prob. 2 prob. 3

 November 20 Monday Fab Movie details

 November 22 Wednesday (no classes)

 

 November 27 Monday Lecture 21a b

 November 29 Wednesday Lecture 22

 Read Chapter 8, 314-341.

 Homework #9 prob.1 prob.2 prob.3 prob.4

 December 4 Monday Lecture 23

 December 6 Wednesday Lecture 24a

 
 December 11 Monday (last class) last lecture  

 December 18 Monday 6:30 PM Final Exam

 (rescheduled with agreement of all)

 HH D210 (D level conference room) 
 directions

* These .pdf files are password-protected. If there is no link, it probably means there were no electronic materials that day.

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Announcements (reverse chronological order)