A LaTeX skeleton for an analysis problem set (pre-populated with Rudin as a bibliography item, but otherwise blank).
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A template for submitting pset solutions in LaTeX
Read more →Part of a series of incremental assignments designed to help students learn LaTeX, this assignment by Craig Desjardins asks students to make a figure of their choice and include it in a LaTeX document. The assignment is loosely specified, so this assignment will work best in a class of self-motivated learners.
Read more →This assignment provides guidance and a rubric to students as they critique each other’s proofs. From M.I.T.’s communication-intensive offering of Real Analysis.
Read more →In this assignment from M.I.T.’s communication-intensive offering of Real Analysis, students develop and evaluate various definitions for the notion of a “gap” in a set. The assignment was developed by the 18.100C team, especially Craig Desjardins and Joel Lewis, with modifications by Kyle Ormsby and Susan Ruff. This is the first assignment of the term that requires students to use LaTeX, so students must submit at least one LaTeXed page two days before the assignment is due. This “draft” due date ensures that they devote time to figuring out the basics of LaTeX early enough that they can devote time
Read more →This assignment guides students to choose a term paper topic that will enable them to “add value” beyond what is provided in their sources (e.g., explaining the material clearly to an audience of students, synthesizing the presentations in multiple sources, etc.). The assignment, which is from M.I.T.’s Principles of Applied Mathematics, includes a list of suggested topics in discrete applied mathematics.
Read more →This assignment from M.I.T.’s communication-intensive offering of Real Analysis asks students to explain a statement of their choice from analysis to three (substantially different) audiences of their choice. This assignment was developed by the 18.100C team, especially Susan Ruff, Joel Lewis, and Craig Desjardins. This version of the assignment is from Kyle Ormsby.
Read more →This assignment is given the week before an exam. As students study, they are to form precise questions about material they find to be confusing. These questions are then discussed in recitation.
Read more →This assignment is from Andrew Snowden’s Undergraduate Seminar in Topology at MIT. The final paper is an approximately 10 page exposition on a topic in algebraic topology not covered in our seminar. The paper must be written in Latex (or some other flavor of Tex). You must select the topic for your paper by March 7th. I’d prefer that no two of you do the same topic, so if there’s something you’d really like to do you should tell me soon. When you know what you want to do, just send me an e-mail. Below is a list of possible
Read more →Before the (spring 2010) term started, I talked with some alumni about their experiences in the undergraduate seminar classes at M.I.T., and they suggested that I add more structure to my class (Seminar in Number Theory) than just student talks. In particular, some of the alumni felt that they only managed to establish a solid grasp of the subjects of their own talks, and that some kind of exercises after each talk might help solidify things. I think the format I chose has some room for improvement, but the students did seem to be on top of all of the
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