Math 71/90 Old News - August

• 8/19 (1): The secret quote for the syllabus quiz is, "Imitation does not equal understanding."
• 8/19 (2): The various web pages for this course are still under construction, and some links may not yet work. If you find any errors or links not working, please let me know.
• 8/23: All the web pages for this course should now be up and running. If you still find any errors or links not working, please let me know.
• 8/31 (1): There was a typo in the official schedule for Math 90 which caused some students to have a "time conflict" when they tried to register. That problem has now been corrected. Only students who were not able to add Math 90 (officially, the Friday part) due to a time conflict are affected. If you have been having trouble due to a time conflict only:
  • 1:00. Try again to add the course using your permission number. Let me know if it does not work.
  • 2:00. There is a new class number for this section. You will need a new permission number. (Again, if you have already successfully registered, don't worry. You don't have to change.) Please email me or see me in class for the new class number and permission number.
  Sorry for all the confusion!
• 8/31 (2): If you are in the 1:00 section and have not yet attempted to use your permission numbers, please do so as soon as possible so we can correct any problems right away.
  If you are in the 2:30/2:00 section and have not yet attempted to use your permission numbers, there is a new class number for the Math 90 part due to a typo in the official schedule (see 8/31 (1), above). Please get the class number and a new permission number from me, and then add the two parts as soon as possible. Let me know if you have any questions or problems.
• 8/31 (3): As mentioned in class the system for some reason sometimes rejects valid permission numbers, saying they are "expired". Be sure you have dropped any courses which may have a time conflict with Math 71/90 before you try to add, or use the "SWAP" feature. If you are having trouble due to "expired" permission numbers, please email me or see me in class. Be sure to tell me which class number(s) you are having problems with (is it the Math 71 part, the Math 90 part, or both?) and I will give you a new permission number for each.
• 8/31 (4): The bookstore has run out of copies of the Ebersole book, A Companion to Calculus. More copies have been ordered. In the meantime, for those students who do not yet have the book, I have asked the Library to put Chapter 2 of the book on electronic reserve. I do not know when it will be ready (hopefully very soon!), but you can check starting tomorrow by following the link above to the Madden Library, clicking on "Electronic Reserves," and typing in the barcode off the back of your student ID card, the last 4 digits of your PeopleSoft student ID number (available by logging in to your my.csufresno.edu account), and the first three letters of your last name. Then select "Electronic Reserves and Reserve Pages" and follow the instructions to find our class. The class password is math71.
  Until you can get the book and/or find the electronic reserve copy, please find someone in the class who already has the book and study with them (or, at the very least, photocopy the problem sets that are due).
• 8/31 (5): Don't forget that our first quiz is this Friday, covering Section 2-A of Ebersole!
• 8/31 (6): Due to unavoidable schedule conflicts I will be changing my Thursday office hours. The office hours for this Thursday remain 4:30-6:00pm. Effective Thursday, September 9 they will be 1:30-2:45. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

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