Course: Math 311, Section T6
Time and Location: TTh 6:00-8:30pm, May 31th through August 13th, HILL 423

Instructor: Fei Qi
Office: Hill Center, Room 624
Office Hours: TTh 5:00-6:00pm, 8:30-9:00pm, or by appointment.
Email: fq15 (at scarletmail dot rutgers dot edu)
Webpage: http://math.rutgers.edu/~fq15
Textbook: The second edition of Understanding Analysis, by Stephen Abbott

Homework: For each section of the book, 3 or 4 of problems will be chosen as homework. These are the EASIEST problems that EVERYONE should be able to reconstruct without much thinking at the end of the class. I will grade one of these problems very carefully and check the integrity of other problems. In more detail: The total points of each the homework set is 10 points. 5 points will be assigned to the graded problem, 2 or 3 points will be assigned to integrity of the other problems. The rest of 3 or 2 points will be given for free if your homework is submitted on time in class. Your work must be submitted in paper form at the beginning of the next lecture, otherwise the free points will be lost.

Workshop: For each section of the book, only one problem in the book will be chosen as workshop. Depending on the seating, two or three students will form a group and work together on this problem. Different groups get different problems. The choice of problem will be specified during the class and later be announced on sakai's assignment page. The work should be submitted in LaTeX Codes by 5PM on the Monday after the class on sakai assignment page. Everyone in the group must submit his or her own codes. Late submission of the work will cause 2 points of penalty. If your grade is below 8 points, by submitting make-up work you can make it to 8 points, provided your argument is perfect.

Further explanation: The purpose of introducing workshop problems is to reduce the workload. Since Newton discovered Calculus, human-kind took almost 200 years to make calculus a really rigorous and reliable science. What will be presented in this class is the result of evolution of 200 years. To really learn it and to surpass the geniuses in those intermediate 200 years, you really need to spend some time on a considerable amount of exercises. In principle, /*EVERY*/ problem in the book is important and should be attempted, yet to write a rigorous solution and to check if it's correct will inevitably take too much time. By having different groups of people writing different problems, the huge workload will be split up among the peers into an acceptable level. All the writing will be collected and published openly. So when anyone attempt a problem on himself or herself and come up with a draft, he or she can check if it's on the right track by reading other people's perfect solutions.

Attendance: Just as the instructor is obligated to come to all classes and hold all the office hours during the designated time, a student is obligated to attend all lectures. For each class I will check the attendance either by rollcall or by collecting homework. Please make sure that you make it to the class!

Exams: There will be two exams and a cumulative final. All exams will be closed book and student-prepared formula sheets will not be permitted. The dates of the exams listed in the lecture schedule are tentative. The actual dates will be announced in class. Without truly compelling, documented reasons, missing an exam will result in zero grade. Please plan your schedule well.
Anyone scoring less than 35% in the final will automatically fail the class, no matter how he or she did during the semester.

Crime of Abusing Algebra: Please read the Basic Rules of Algebra carefully and make sure you know them well. Violation of these rules in homework and exams, including but not limited to the mistakes shown in this link, constitutes the crime of abusing algebra and will result in SERIOUS PENALTY. If you have difficulties, a series of links on my webpage is provided to help.

Bonus Credit: Constructive suggestion to my teaching is very welcomed and will be rewarded in grades. Depending on how constructive your suggestion is, different types of rewards may be issued, including but not limited to, extra points in homework or exams, promotion of borderline grades, etc..

Extra help - Students are encouraged to come before classes or stay after classes for my office hours or to make any extra appointments with me. I am also always available through email.

Academic Integrity: All Rutgers students are expected to be familiar with and abide by the academic integrity policy (http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu/academic-integrity-at-rutgers).
Violations of the policy are taken VERY SERIOUSLY.

Accomodation to Students with Disability: Full disability policies and procedures are indicated at http://ods.rutgers.edu/. Students with disabilities requesting accommodations must present a Letter of Accommodations to the instructor as early in the term as possible (see https://ods.rutgers.edu/my-accommodations/letter-of-accommodations).

Grading Breakup: The total grade will be calculated in the following way:

Attendance: 5%
Homework: 15%
Workshop: 10%
Midterm 1: 15%
Midterm 2: 15%
Final: 40%