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Homework

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	====Homework====		====Homework====
	About 19 assignments will be posted on the course web page approximately on the weeks shown in the class timeline, usually on ~~Fridays~~. They will usually be due a week later and they will be (at least partially) marked by the TAs. All students (including those who join the course late) will receive a mark of 0 on each assignment not handed in; though to account for sick days and other unusual circumstances, your worst 4 assignments will not count towards your HW grade. I encourage you to discuss the assignments with other students or browse the web, so long as you do at least some of the thinking on your own and you write up your own solutions. Remember that cheating is always possible and may increase your homework grade a bit. But it will hurt your appreciation of yourself, your knowledge, and your exam grades a lot more.		About 19 assignments will be posted on the course web page approximately on the weeks shown in the class timeline, usually on Wednesdays. They will usually be due a week later and they will be (at least partially) marked by the TAs. All students (including those who join the course late) will receive a mark of 0 on each assignment not handed in; though to account for sick days and other unusual circumstances, your worst 4 assignments will not count towards your HW grade. I encourage you to discuss the assignments with other students or browse the web, so long as you do at least some of the thinking on your own and you write up your own solutions. Remember that cheating is always possible and may increase your homework grade a bit. But it will hurt your appreciation of yourself, your knowledge, and your exam grades a lot more.

	===Good Deeds===		===Good Deeds===

Drorbn at 14:20, 14 September 2016

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	===Marking Scheme===		===Marking Scheme===
	There will be three term test (each worth 15% of the total grade) and a final exam (40%), as well as about 20 homework assignments (15%).		There will be three term test (each worth 15% of the total grade) and a final exam (40%), as well as about 19 homework assignments (15%).

	====The Term Tests====		====The Term Tests====

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Abstract

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	* Prerequisite: MAT157Y1, MAT247H1		* Prerequisite: MAT157Y1, MAT240H1, MAT247H1
	* Corequisite: MAT257Y1
	* Exclusion: MAT244H1
	* Distribution Requirement Status: Science		* Distribution Requirement Status: Science
	* Breadth Requirement: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)		* Breadth Requirement: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

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Homework

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	====Homework====		====Homework====
	About 19 assignments will be posted on the course web page approximately on the weeks shown in the class timeline, usually on ~~Wednesdays~~. They will usually be due a week later and they will be (at least partially) marked by the TAs. All students (including those who join the course late) will receive a mark of 0 on each assignment not handed in; though to account for sick days and other unusual circumstances, your worst 4 assignments will not count towards your HW grade. I encourage you to discuss the assignments with other students or browse the web, so long as you do at least some of the thinking on your own and you write up your own solutions. Remember that cheating is always possible and may increase your homework grade a bit. But it will hurt your appreciation of yourself, your knowledge, and your exam grades a lot more.		About 19 assignments will be posted on the course web page approximately on the weeks shown in the class timeline, usually on Fridays. They will usually be due a week later and they will be (at least partially) marked by the TAs. All students (including those who join the course late) will receive a mark of 0 on each assignment not handed in; though to account for sick days and other unusual circumstances, your worst 4 assignments will not count towards your HW grade. I encourage you to discuss the assignments with other students or browse the web, so long as you do at least some of the thinking on your own and you write up your own solutions. Remember that cheating is always possible and may increase your homework grade a bit. But it will hurt your appreciation of yourself, your knowledge, and your exam grades a lot more.

	===Good Deeds===		===Good Deeds===

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2016-09-12T11:36:28Z

Homework

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	====Homework====		====Homework====
	About 20 assignments will be posted on the course web page approximately on the weeks shown in the class timeline, usually on Wednesdays. They will usually be due a week later ~~at either of the tutorials~~ and they will be (at least partially) marked by the TAs. All students (including those who join the course late) will receive a mark of 0 on each assignment not handed in; though in ~~computing~~ ~~the~~ ~~homework~~ ~~grade~~, your worst ~~four~~ assignments will not count. I encourage you to discuss the assignments with other students or browse the web, so long as you do at least some of the thinking on your own and you write up your own solutions. Remember that cheating is always possible and may increase your homework grade a bit. But it will hurt your appreciation of yourself, your knowledge, and your exam grades a lot more.		About 19 assignments will be posted on the course web page approximately on the weeks shown in the class timeline, usually on Wednesdays. They will usually be due a week later and they will be (at least partially) marked by the TAs. All students (including those who join the course late) will receive a mark of 0 on each assignment not handed in; though to account for sick days and other unusual circumstances, your worst 4 assignments will not count towards your HW grade. I encourage you to discuss the assignments with other students or browse the web, so long as you do at least some of the thinking on your own and you write up your own solutions. Remember that cheating is always possible and may increase your homework grade a bit. But it will hurt your appreciation of yourself, your knowledge, and your exam grades a lot more.

	===Good Deeds===		===Good Deeds===

Drorbn at 14:13, 11 September 2016

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Drorbn: /* Homework */

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Homework

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	====Homework====		====Homework====
			About 20 assignments will be posted on the course web page approximately on the weeks shown in the class timeline, usually on Wednesdays. They will usually be due a week later at either of the tutorials and they will be (at least partially) marked by the TAs. All students (including those who join the course late) will receive a mark of 0 on each assignment not handed in; though in computing the homework grade, your worst four assignments will not count. I encourage you to discuss the assignments with other students or browse the web, so long as you do at least some of the thinking on your own and you write up your own solutions. Remember that cheating is always possible and may increase your homework grade a bit. But it will hurt your appreciation of yourself, your knowledge, and your exam grades a lot more.
	TBD.

	===Good Deeds===		===Good Deeds===

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Marking Scheme

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	===Marking Scheme===		===Marking Scheme===
			There will be three term test (each worth 15% of the total grade) and a final exam (40%), as well as about 20 homework assignments (15%).
	TBD.

	====The Term Tests====		====The Term Tests====
			The term tests will take place outside of class time at 5-7PM on Tuesday November 1st at BI 131, on Tuesday January 17 at EX 300, and on Tuesday March 14 at EX 300. There will be no make-up term tests. If you miss a term test without providing a valid reason (for example, a doctor’s note) within one week of the test you will receive a mark of 0 on that term test. If you miss one term test for a valid reason, the the weight of the other two term tests will be increased to 22.5% each. If you miss two term tests for valid reasons, the the weight of the remaining term test will be increased to 30%, HW to 20%, and the final to 50%. You cannot miss all terms tests and receive a mark for this class.
	TBD.

	====Homework====		====Homework====

Drorbn at 17:36, 9 September 2016

2016-09-09T17:36:08Z

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	===Text Book(s)===		===Text Book(s)===
	Our main text book will be ''Analysis on Manifolds'' by James R. Munkres; it is a required reading. You may also wish to look at Spivak's ''Calculus on Manifolds''.		Our main text book will be ''Analysis on Manifolds'' by James R. Munkres; it is a required reading. You may also wish to look at Spivak's ''Calculus on Manifolds''.
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	===Warning and Recommendation===		===Warning and Recommendation===
	This will be a tough class, not for the faint of heart. It's about "adult-level calculus": I will make every effort to make it understandable, but certain parts of the material require a very high level of mathematical sophistication. If you are not ready to put in the tremendous effort it takes to reach this level of sophistication, do yourself a favour and take another class. Every bit of this class absolutely makes sense. But you'll have to think hard at all times, and be ready to repeatedly adjust your perspective, to see that it ~~all~~ ~~makes sense~~. Don't let go! If you'll fall behind you'll find it nearly impossible to catch up. This actually does not mean "do your homework in time" (highly recommended anyway). It means "do your deep thinking in time".		This will be a tough class, not for the faint of heart. It's about "adult-level calculus": I will make every effort to make it understandable, but certain parts of the material require a very high level of mathematical sophistication. If you are not ready to put in the tremendous effort it takes to reach this level of sophistication, do yourself a favour and take another class. Every bit of this class absolutely makes sense. But you'll have to think hard at all times, and be ready to repeatedly adjust your perspective, to see that this is so. Don't let go! If you'll fall behind you'll find it nearly impossible to catch up. This actually does not mean "do your homework in time" (highly recommended anyway). It means "do your deep thinking in time".

	===Wiki===		===Wiki===
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	* To edit the navigation panel itself, click on the word "Navigation" on the upper right of the panel. '''Use caution!''' Such edits affect many other pages! Note that due to page-caching, such edits take some time to propagate to the pages that include the navigation panel. To force immediate propagation to a given page, reload that page with the string "<tt>&action=purge</tt>" (meaning: "purge cached version") appended to the page's URL.		* To edit the navigation panel itself, click on the word "Navigation" on the upper right of the panel. '''Use caution!''' Such edits affect many other pages! Note that due to page-caching, such edits take some time to propagate to the pages that include the navigation panel. To force immediate propagation to a given page, reload that page with the string "<tt>&action=purge</tt>" (meaning: "purge cached version") appended to the page's URL.
	* In as much as possible, try to keep the same formatting conventions throughout all the pages for this class. This makes reader's life easier.		* In as much as possible, try to keep the same formatting conventions throughout all the pages for this class. This makes reader's life easier.
	* Neatness matters! Material that is posted in an appealing manner will be read more, and thus will be more useful.		* Neatness matters! Material that is posted in an appealing manner will be read more, and thus will be more useful. In particular, low-contrast cellphone pictures of notes in unreadable handwriting are less useful than high-quality scans of notes in excellent handwriting, these are less useful than well-typeset PDF files, and these are less useful than wiki-typeset pages (that can be edited and improved by others).
	* Some further editing help is available at [[Help:Contents]].		* Some further editing help is available at [[Help:Contents]].

Drorbn at 17:26, 9 September 2016

2016-09-09T17:26:40Z

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	===Text Book(s)===		===Text Book(s)===