For info about Math 204, section 5, spring 1998 click here.

For info about Math 156, section 1, spring 1998 click here.

For info about Math 147, section 1, spring 1999, click here.

For info about Math 147, section 1, fall 1999, click here.

Students in Math 387 section 1, spring 2000 should look here. Here is the first take-home exam. Here is Test 1 (Postscript). Here is the Postscript version of the lecture notes so far. Here is the takehome part of test 2. Here is the take home part of the final. Here is a set of study questions.

For info about Math 143, sections 2 and 3, fall 2000, look here

Students in Math 175, section 5, spring 2001 should look here.

Students in Math 108, section 720, summer 2001 can find resources here:

NOTICE for 108 Students (August 2, 1:30 pm): 12 pm July 9: I am leaving my office in Boise and coming to Nampa as soon as I can (I have to go home by bus to pick up my car). I have graded 7.2-9.3 papers, for what it's worth. I hope to be at the Canyon County campus by 3 pm if not a little before. {\bf UPDATE:} 3 pm is looking very unlikely - I'm still hoping to be there by 3:30 or 4.

Students in Math 257, section 030, summer 2001 can find resources here:

Students in Math 147, section 007, fall 2001 should watch this space for developments. Here is the syllabus. Note that this section is participating in the Core Online project: there will be substantial administrative and course content materials available through the SMITC Blackboard site .

Here is the space for ON LINE LESSONS (there are now two -- you can also look at these from Blackboard; also, the Blackboard grade book is now installed).

Students in Math 307 = CS 367/567 (Cryptology I), section 001, fall 2001 should watch this space for developments. Here is the syllabus.

M 307 = CS 367/567 NOTE: Here is a description of Assignment 1, answering the frequently asked questions.

Here is the NEW directory of public keys.

Versions of files in public/holmes are posted here They are in plain text format, so not especially pretty, but they should be suitable for cut and paste. The class example of Vigenere decryption is now commented.

Cryptology Test Two is in the public directory on baron/packrat -- it is called testtwo.mws. It is also found here in a text version -- follow the pointer in the previous paragraph.

Math 170/1, summer 2002: You can see the syllabus here. You can see policies, exam dates, and the full homework schedule.

The department generic syllabus contains the department's definition of the course and the Core Curriculum objectives.

If you are trying to get into this course, please be aware that I will not under any circumstances sign a class size override, but there is a second section!

Final Exam runs from 9:05--12:05 (there is no reason it should take anyone this long); open book but no calculators with graphing or symbolic computation.

Fall 2002 Classes

Teaching Stuff (for spring 2003)

Spring 2007 Classes

  • General Information: Here is the schedule of homework, tests, and academic deadlines for both classes. Look at this regularly: changes and additions are always happening!

  • Schedule Information and Office Hours: My classes meet at 8:40 am and 10:40 am. I attend M580 from 1:40 pm - 2:55 pm T Th. On Thursday, you should not expect as a rule to be able to find me in my office; if you lie in wait for me outside my office at about 3 pm you have a good chance of catching me at least briefly, but no guarantee. I have a piano lesson Wed at 1 pm and you should not count on my being back before 2 pm.

    I hold office hours MTWF 9:40-10:30 am and (NEW!) MWF 2-3 pm. On MTWF I usually will be on campus from 7:40-3 pm and sometimes as late as 5 pm; if I am in my office I will usually be willing to talk to you. Do not hesitate to knock on my door; I do not always leave it open and I will not be offended if you knock to attract my attention. If I am not there wait a minute or two or look around the department: I lock my office whenever I leave it, however briefly.

    FINAL EXAM WEEK HOURS (changed again): I will be in the office Monday at least from 10 am to 3 pm and Tuesday from 9 am to 11 am (not 11:45) but also from 1-3 pm; there is no graduation activity (my wife was misinformed) and I'm squeezing in a little more piano practice... I may not arrive exactly at 1 -- I dont know how long the piano recital goes.

  • Math 187, section 001: Here is the syllabus.

    Here and here are sample Test III papers from past semesters. The coverage on the test from Summer 06 is closest to the coverage on your exam. I will have more to say about the test tomorrow and Wednesday: the test is to be given on Friday.

    Here are the Test III grades, posted by the ID number on your test.

    Here are the RSA examples. Full solutions to the first two problems are now shown, so that you can check your papers.

    I found the Fall 2006 test IV! The posted version lacks the pictures; I will supply pictures tomorrow in class. I'll discuss representative kinds of problem that may appear on the exam in class Wednesday.

    Here are the solutions to the sample test 4.

    Here are the grades for Test IV.

    Here and here find old final exams.

    Gas Leak News: The Math 187 final could not be held at 8 am because the exam papers were in the Math/Geology Building. Update: The exam is rescheduled to Friday 8 am. This is an official university decision, not an arbitrary decision of mine. If your dorm checkout time conflicts with this, I am assured by Residence Life that you can reschedule it: contact the front desk of your dorm at once if you are in this situation.

    Final Exam and Course Grades: click here

  • Math 314, section 001: Here is the syllabus.

    Here is a PDF file containing the content of the lecture on the construction of the reals.

    Here is the manual of logical style. It is not complete (it probably can always be expanded a bit more...)

    Here (courtesy of Dr. Kerr) is a sample Test I which I quite like, both in terms of content and in terms of the way the exam is structured. Here is a sample Test II. Here is my review sheet for Test II WITH SOLUTIONS.

    Test II grades now posted here.

    Here are the solutions to Test I.

    Here is the review documetn for Test III. I will be holding an office hour tomorrow from 3-5 pm. It is possible that I will be in earlier as I will not attend the class I usually attend 1-3 pm.

    Here are the Test III grades and estimated course grades.

    Here are solutions to Test II (no guarantees express or implied).

    Gas Leak News: As far as I know at this point our exam will be held at 10:30 am at the usual place. I am carrying the exams with me in case of a recurrence of the leak...

    FINAL EXAM AND COURSE GRADES: click here

    Summer 2007

  • Math 187, section 030, summer 2007: Here is the syllabus and the schedule of assignments and deadlines.

    Here is the Summer 2006 Test I and the Fall 2006 Test I. The coverage in those classes was not identical to what we have covered (I haven't said the wword "contrapositive" yet, for example). The Spring 2007 test, which was too easy will appear here if I find it (just try the link; as I write this it isn't posted yet but that is where it will be)

    Here are the grades on Test I.

    Here is the summer 2006 Test II, the fall 2006 Test II, and the the spring 2006 Test II. No comments yet on coverage on these old tests: I haven't even looked at them yet. Happy studying!

    Test II grades now posted by ID number.

    Here are links to old Test III papers. The coverage on these varies: notice that we will have questions about computing gcd's but not about modular arithmetic. a test III, and another one, and another one.

    Here are the Test III grades and an IMPORTANT announcement which requires the attention of class members.

    Here are some Test IV and final exam papers: Summer 06 final; Fall 06 test 4; Fall 06 final exam; Spring 07 test 4; Spring 07 final. The coverage in various semesters has not been the same, as you can see. We will have only a day and a half of graph theory, so not too many questions can be asked about that.

    Here are the final grades and course grades.

  • General Information: Here is the schedule of assignments and academic deadlines for both classes, which is always being updated. I have office hours from 8:40--9:30 MTWF and from 1-2 PM MWF (not Tuesdays). My independent study student has priority during the 1-2 PM hours but he will not always be using them. I have a piano lesson at 2 PM Tues and logic seminar at 3:40 Tues. I am not likely to be reliably available at the University on Thursday; on MTWF I expect to be on campus from 8:40 (and perhaps earlier some days) until 3 PM (and perhaps later on some days).

  • Math 301, Linear Algebra: Here is the syllabus. Look under General Information above for final official office hours.

    Here find an old Test I.

    Here find the grades on Test I posted by magic number. Late tests have now been graded and you should have received an e-mail.

    Here is a Maple file including the demo from the first lab and some 2.5 examples. I am not sure that this will work in Maple 9.5 (the version in the lab). It was prepared with Maple 11. I will check on this.

    Here is Test II from Fall 2004. The first question (on determinants) is past where we will get by Tuesday. There will be some 2.7 question. Otherwise things might be quite similar.

    Here are the Test II grades. The papers will not be returned until Wednesday.

    Here is Test III from the 2004 class. We are behind the 2004 class: problems 6 and 7 on this exam would not be covered, but everything else looks appropriate. There might be some stuff on determinants in the old Test II which could be on this Test III.

    Here are the test III grades posted by the magic number on your paper. Every test is posted, including those taken late.

    Here is Test IV from the 2004 class.

    Here are the Test IV grades.

    Here is the 2004 final exam

    the review sheet for the final

    The final is open book, one sheet of notes, fancy calculator. Remember your book!

    Here are your final exam and course grades. Happy Holidays!

    Fall 2007 Stuff

    Spring 2008

    Math 175

    Here is the syllabus.

    Here is an old test I and another old Test I. You should be able to recognize problems which are not on our agenda. There will be some definite integration by substitution on our test which was not on these tests: for that your homework is not a bad model.

    Here are the Test I grades, posted by the ID number on your test paper.

    Here is a test II review document. No test I had looked in the least like the one you are going to have, so I selected all questions that looked reasonable.

    Here are the Test II grades posted by the ID number on your paper.

    Here is a test III review document.

    Handwritten solutions to the Test III review and your 8.2 homework are at my door (4:30 pm Tuesday)

    Here are the Test III grades.

    Here is an additional worksheet for section 8.3.

    Here is the practice exam for Test IV, NOW WITH SOLUTIONS. I've just finished marking 8.7 and the papers will be by my office door by 8:30 or so. I graded number 8 (hint: check the endpoints: it also converges at -1) and number 40 (hint: in number 39 you can find an exact value for the series; the series in 40 has as its exact value the integral of the exact value found in 39). The results were not encouraging: you need to study similar problems found in the practice exam... I remind you that I will be out of town all day Friday: Dr. Kerr is proctoring the exam.

    Test IV grades are here...

    sample final 1, sample final 2

    Here is a detailed review sheet for the final, reviewing what you should cover in each section and containing recommended problems from the book to review for a couple of sections. Good luck on the final! I will be holding regular office hours (and some extended hours) during the early part of next week.

  • Math 175, Calculus II: Here are the final exam and course grades. You will not see them on BroncoWeb until Monday.

  • Math 502, Logic and Set Theory: Here is the syllabus.

    Here find the draft lecture notes for the class. These notes are the textbook (and will continue to develop).

    Jan 27: I've changed strategy for notes updates: I've added a first subsection to the notes themselves describing version changes with dates. And of course the date of the current version is on the title page. All notes updates that were on the web page have been copied into the file.

    Here is Homework 1. It is due next Tuesday. Two refinements to the instructions (REVISED!): do not use de Morgan's laws (or the corresponding rules about negation of quantifiers); I originally said here you couldn't use equivalence of an implication with its contrapositive, but I have changed my mind: you may use modus tollens and you may prove an implication by proving its contrapositive. Reason directly rather than indirectly where possible (problem 1 can be done with no mention of any negation at all; problems 2 and 3 do need some proof by contradiction or other indirection). Bring proofs around to show to me at least once in the coming week.

    Here is Homework 2. It was originally due Tuesday Feb. 12 but is now due Thursday Feb. 14: not enough people have been to see me and those who have needed advice. There is also another slight update: the stated type of the set of natural numbers was wrong (it should be k+3). I will rewrite the handout; check for a new version.

    Here is Homework 3. This will be due Tuesday, February 26th. Please note the statement that you do not need to do all the problems on this sheet to get a good grade on the assignment. But there is quite a lot to do; start right away!

    Here is Homework 4. This will be due Tuesday, March 11, after your exam on Thursday, March 6, but please note that this material is fair game for that exam!

    Here is Homework 5. This will be due Thursday after Spring Break. It is not impossible that I will add additional material to this assignment during this week, so keep an eye on it.

    Here is the belated Homework 6. This will be due Tuesday, April 22.

    Here is Homework 7, which will be due the last day of class. I'm hoping to give one more assignment which will be due at the final.

    Here is the computer lab. The assigned exercises are due electronically by the end of finals week.

    Here is Test II, a take home due the last day of finals. Please read the instructions carefully before concluding that you have an absurd amount to do: there are 7 questions but you only need to do 4 of them (not an arbitrarily chosen 4, though, thus read the directions). I encourage you to finish up Homework 6 and 7.

    Here is the catalog statement:

    Math 502 Logic and Set Theory (3-0-3)(S)(even-numbered years). This course is structured as three 5-week components: formal logic, set theory, and topics to be determined by the instructor. The logic component will include: formalization of language and proof, the completeness theorem, the Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem. The set theory component will include: cardinality, Cantor's theorem, well-orderings, ordinals, the transfinite recursion theorem, the Axiom of Choice and its equivalents. PREREQ: Math 314.

  • Math 593, Thesis: I am supervising 5 credits of thesis for a graduate student, who will receive his instructions here.

    set theory sequent rules with assignment

  • Fall 2007 classes: Look at the end of the old courses document (follow the link just below).