• Professor: Eugene Lerman
• Office: 336 Illini Hall
• Phone: (217) 244-9510
• email: lerman( at )math. uiuc. edu (the best way to contact Eugene Lerman)
• Home page: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~lerman
• Course page: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~lerman/447/f14/f14.html
  homework assignments are posted at http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~lerman/447/f14/f14hw.html
  I may also occasionally scan my lecture notes and post them on the homeworks page
• Office Hours: see my calender and/or by appointment
• Class meets:
• Section C13 MWF  10 am, 445 Altgeld Hall
• Prerequisites: Officially either math 416 or one of MATH 410, MATH 415 together with one of MATH 347, MATH 348, CS 373; or consent of instructor. In practice, ability to understand and write proofs.

We will study material from Chapters 1 - 6.

• Homework: Homework problems are to be assigned once a week. They are due the following week in class. No late homework will be accepted.
• Attendance: of lectures/discussions is expected.

• Exams: There will be quizzes, two midterms and a final. All exams will be closed book.

  The midterms will take place on October 6 and November 19 (the dates are not likely to change).

  The final, according to the non-combined final examination schedule is to take place on 8:00–11:00 AM, Friday, December 19

  Requests for a make-up exam require a serious documentation and are rarely granted.

• Grade: The formula for the course grade is roughly as follows:
• final exam = 35 %
• 2 midterms at 20 % each = 40%
• homework, quizzes = 25%
There is no plan for a curve.   However, if you do significantly better on the final than your course average grade, I will take that into account.