Reading and Problem assignments for Math 273, Section 30 (TTh 10:30-11:50)


Weekly reading assignments will be posted well in advance. Problem sets, which are due on Tuesdays, will be assigned a week in advance.

Late problems will be accepted only in documentable cases of hardship. The problem set with the lowest grade will not be counted.

Week #9: Read Chapter 8 through Section 8.5

Ninth problem assignment, due Tuesday, March 9. All are from the text:

Problem Set 8.3.1 - ##4,7,12; Problem Set 8.5.1 - ##2,3,4,5,6,8,9


Week #8: Read Chapter 7

Eighth problem assignment, due Tuesday, March 2. The first eight are from the text:

Problem Set 7.3.1 - ##4,5,7,8; Problem Set 7.4.1 - ##1,3,4,5
The last two problems are found here



Week #7: Read Chapter 6

Seventh problem assignment, due Tuesday, February 23. All problems are from the text:

Problem Set 6.2.1 - ##1,4,8,13; Problem Set 6.4.1 - ##1,2,4,7,8,9



Week #6: Read Chapter 5

Sixth problem assignment, due Tuesday, February 16. The first six are from the text:

Problem Set 5.1.1 - ##1,3,4; Problem Set 5.2.1 - ##5,6,8
The last four problems are found here



Week #5: Read Chapter 4, Sections 4.3,4.4,4.6 (omit Sec. 4.5)

Fifth problem assignment, due Tuesday, February 9. The first seven are from the text:

Problem Set 4.4.1 - ## 2,5,6,7,8,9,11
The last three problems are found here



Week #4: Read Chapter 3, Sections 3.4,3.6,3.7; Chapter 4, Sections 4.1 and 4.2

Fourth problem assignment due Tuesday, February 2. The first eight problems are from the text:

Problem Set 3.5.1 - ##5,6; Problem Set 3.6.1 - ##3,6; Problem Set 3.7.1 -## 1,3,6,7
The last two problems appear here

Week #3: Read Chapter 2, section 2.3 and Chapter 3, Sections 3.1-3.3

Third problem assignment due Tuesday, January 26. The first two problems appear here The remaining problems are from the text.

Problem Set 2.1.2 - #4; Problem Set 2.3.1 - ##4,6,12,13; Problem Set 3.2.1 -## 12,13,14


Week #2: Read Chapter 2, sections 2.1 and 2.2

Second problem assignment due Tuesday, January 19. All problems are from the text.

Problem Set 1.4.1 - #5; Problem Set 2.1.1 - ##2,4,7,9,15,17; Problem Set 2.1.2 - ##1,3; Problem Set 2.3.1 - #1


Week #1: Read Sections 1.1 through 1.4

First problem assignment due Tuesday, January 12. All problems are from the text.

Exercises 1.2.1: 4,7,10,11,14,18 and Exercises 1.3.1: 1,3,5,10


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