Prof. Abigail Thompson
Fall 2008
Office: 2220 MSB
Telephone: 752-8236
e-mail: thompson@math.ucdavis.edu
website: www.math.ucdavis.edu/~thompson
The Knot Book,
By Colin Adams
American Mathematical Society
There will be a midterm (10/30) and a final exam (12/9, 10:30 AM), and homework. There will also be required in-class work.
Grading: midterm 30%, homework and in-class work 25%, final 45%
Office hours are Thursday 1:30-3. I can also make appointments outside of the scheduled time.
There will be roughly 8 problem sets. Your two lowest homework scores will be dropped. You are welcome (encouraged!) to discuss your homework assignments with other students in the class. HOWEVER please make sure the final product is your own. Only problems marked with an asterisk (*) should be turned in. There will be one or two problems on the midterm and final that are exactly assigned problems that were not turned in. NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Problem set 1, due 10/7: 1.4, 1.5*, 1.6*, 1.7, 1.10*
Problem set 2, due
Problem set 3, due
Problem set 4, due
Problem set 5, due
Problem set 6, due
Problem set 7, due
Problem set 8, due
Problem 1: The Wine and the Tea
Problem 2: On the Ropes
Problem 3:The ants go marching.....
Problem 4:It was a dark and stormy night....
Problem 5: The Clever Gnomes