Teaching and Advising

by L.N.Vaserstein

Fall 2006

Math 484, Linear Programming .    
TR 9:45-11 322 Sacket, 11:15-12:30 p. 105 Osmond.
textbook: Introduction to Linear Programming,  Prentice Hall, 2003.
title page: ps | pdf ||  copyright page:  ps | pdf ||  contents&preface: ps | pdf ||
student's manual: ps | pdf ||  corrections in plain text |  
Use Reload or Refresh for most recent version.
outlines & grading policy (syllabus)   | integrity | sci integrity |
office hours:  TR  8-9:30 a.m.  215 McAllister Bldg
Perpetual homework
: do all exercises in the textbook (more complicated ones are solved in the manual).
Midterm 1  Oct 5 ch. 1-3. version 1 solutions . version 2 .  solutions.
Midterm 2 Nov.9 ch. 4-6. Section 1 solcorr  by James S. on Nov 9 , 2007  | pic | | Section 2 | sol pic.
Midterm 3 Dec. 5 ch.7 and §22 :  Section 1 | sol || Section 2 | sol | pic ||
Dates are subject to small changes.  §23 and 24  will be covered by a quiz and a homework. We have 28 classes for 24 sections and 3 midterms,
so one class is in reserve for an emergency, a film, or recital.
Grades entered:

Section 1, 30 students


A A- B+ B B- C+ C D F R Not Graded
6 9 7 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0
AU DF W WP WF WN P SA UN NG XF
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Section 2, 36 students:
A A- B+ B B- C+ C D F R Not Graded
16 7
1 5 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
AU DF W WP WF WN P SA UN NG XF
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0






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