University of Toronto Mississauga
MAT392H5S: Ideas of Mathematics, Winter 2017-2018
Please familiarize yourself with the
course outline
(course hours, marking scheme, due dates, how not to plagiarize).
Pre-exam office hours / review session: Friday April 6th, 10-12.
Location: DH 3024 or DH 3000 (depends on how many students show up).
Practice problems for the exam.
Instructions
and Topics for Essay 1.
Assignment 1 is due on Tuesday Jan.16th.
Assignment 2 is due on Tuesday Jan.23rd.
Assignment 3 is due on Thursday Feb.8th
Assignment 4 is due on Thursday Feb.15th
Assignment 5 is due on Tuesday Mar.6th
Assignment 6 is due on Tuesday Mar.20th.
Assignment 7 is due on Tuesday March 27th.
Assignment 8 is due on Tuesday April 3rd.
If the time of your presentation makes it difficult for you
to submit Assignment 7 or Assignment 8 by its due date,
let me know and I may consider giving you an extension.
Instructions
and Topics for Essay 2.
Please mark your choice of topic on
this doodle poll.
Update: the draft can be shorter than the required length
of the essay.
For the draft, please submit between 6 and 12 pages, in good shape.
Presentations schedule
(updated on March 29th).
Instructions for using LaTeX.
You will submit your electronic materials through
UTORsubmit.
We often require that you also submit hard copies in class.
List of computer labs on campus.
To guarantee access to the U of T computers,
please verify your UTORid by clicking "verify" at the bottom of
this page.
The university offers you lots of space on OneDrive,
where you can store your files "in the cloud".
To get access to your OneDrive space, go to
this page,
click "sign-in" at its top right corner,
enter your UofT email address,
and follow the prompts.
Useful links:
The Elements of Style,
by Strunk.
The University of Toronto
library catalogue.
The American Mathematical Monthly.
MathSciNet.