Date/Time

August 23rd, 2002. no news

to borrow the textbook : go to MSEL Reserves.
to buy the a copy of the textbook: tell me and our secretary will make a copy at the printing center (price ~ $40)
the 2 volumes of the past Putnam competitions are out of print etc.
The past exams is maybe the best training textbook.

September 21st : Time change:  Thursday  6-8pm  same room.

from MSEL Reserves:  borrow the textbook. also try another route: the
Printing Center.

next Thursday:  study the Putnam'1939 .we'll discuss the strange problems.
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Oct. 1st:

Relaxed on a coach, read and understand the following problems from the
big Putnam volume. In 6 weeks,  it is enough time to cover the problems
below:

page      problems
6         3,4
7         7ii
8         9
9         13i,  14i
11        7
13        13, 15
16        9, 13
20        1, 4
21        5
22        1
25        1
26        1, 3, 5
29        3, 5
33        3
34        3, 7
35        5
37        7
38        1, 4
40        7
43        6
46        1, 5, 6
47        7
52        5
56        3
59        1
62        4
66        1
68        2, 3
70        6


For the next week: the written homework assignment is:
1) prove the following inequality:    (sinx/x)^3 > cosx
2) find the polynomials p which satisfy:   p(x^2-1)=p(x)p(-x)
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October 14th, 2002

Subject: the first midterm.

1. explain the solution of the problem 13i, (page 9), more exactly:
  - why do they need determinants (a good way to review
determinants); write down a clearer solution of this problem.

2. explain the last paragraph of the solution of the problem
   7ii, page 113. (i.e the book says you don't need to know the Calculus
II theory of convergent series. It is enough to apply some algebraic
computations).

3. write down the second solution of the problem #4, page 6,using known
definitions, review the definitions and the computations used in this
solution.
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Until November 14th, review the first 40 pages from the big Putnam book.

The homework assignment until the end of the semester:

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