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Section 001 (Bayer)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:10am-10:25am
304 Barnard Hall

Dave Bayer (x42643, 426 Mathematics, www.math.columbia.edu/~bayer)
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Please include the phrase "Surfaces and Knots Spring 2005" in the subject line of any correspondence with me concerning this course.

Office Hours

Exams

There will be one quiz (10 points), two exams (25 points each) and a final (40 points). The final is not cumulative.

These dates do not coincide with any religious holiday which causes suspension of New York City's alternate side parking regulations; see NYC Parking Calendar. Please discuss other conflicts with me well in advance of the exam in question.

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Grading

The median grade for this course will lie between B+ and A-. This means that half the class will receive a grade of B+ or lower, and half the class will receive a grade of A- or higher.

There is no provision for making up missed exams.

I consider cheating to be stealing from honest students. For anyone who is caught cheating, I will apply every sanction permitted me by University rules.

Text: The following text is optional, but is highly recommended:

Teaching Assistants

The teaching assistant for this course is Sonja Mapes (mapes@math.columbia.edu). See Columbia Help Room Schedule for Sonja's help room hours.

Course materials

Course materials will be posted in Acrobat 4 PDF format (PDF 1.3). Your browser can be trained to automatically open these files with Acrobat Reader, a free program which you can download from (If you have trouble reading or downloading these files, check to see if you're using an outdated version of Acrobat, and upgrade to the latest version, or try using a different computer.)

Our first midterm will be modeled after previous ones, although I plan to make it a bit more difficult:

Here are practice materials for our second midterm: The final will consist of questions on 3-colorability, and questions on computing Kauffman and Jones polynomials. Students who master the following practice materials will be in great shape:

Course materials from previous semesters

This course has been taught before; you can find practice materials on the web pages from previous semesters:

Calendar

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17 Jan 05
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24 Jan
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Class 		26
 27
Quiz 		28
31 Jan
 1 Feb
Class 		2
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Class 		4
7 Feb
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Class 		11
14 Feb
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Exam 		16
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Class 		18
21 Feb
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Class
Last day to drop 		23
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Class 		25
28 Feb
 1 Mar
Class 		2
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7 Mar
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14 Mar
Spring break 		15
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21 Mar
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Class 		23
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Class 		25
28 Mar
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Exam 		30
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Class 		1 Apr
4 Apr
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11 Apr
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18 Apr
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25 Apr
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Class 		29
2 May
Last day of classes 		3
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First day of exams
9 May
 10
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 12
FINAL
(Projected) 		13
Last day of exams