General Information about 8.286, Fall 2005:

• Course Information Sheet, 2005, in PS and PDF.

• Instructor: Alan H. Guth, Room 6-209, Ext. 3-6265, guth@ctp.mit.edu .
• Teaching Assistant: Jessie Shelton, Room NE25-4084, Ext. 3-4944, jshelton@mit.edu .

• Class Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:05 a.m. - 12:25 p.m., in Room 26-168.

• Office Hours:

  Alan Guth:	Wednesdays, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Room NE25-4031
  	Wednesdays, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Room NE25-4031
  Jessie Shelton:	Mondays, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Room NE25-4084
  	On October 31 and November 7, go to NE25-4031 instead and see Alan Guth.

• Quiz 1: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

  	COVERAGE: Lecture Notes 1 (indicated sections only); Lecture Notes 3, 4, and 5; Problem Sets 1 and 2; Weinberg, Chapters 1-5, Ryden, Chapters 1-3.
  	REVIEW SESSION: Sunday, October 16, 2005, 6:00 pm (with Jessie Shelton). Room 36-112 (NOT our regular room!)

• Quiz 2: Thursday, November 10, 2005

  	COVERAGE: Lecture Notes 6, pp 1-5 of Lecture Notes 7; Problem Sets 3 and 4; Ryden, Chapters 4-6 (but nothing about Lambda).
  	REVIEW SESSION: Tuesday, November 8, 2004, 7:30 pm (with Alan Guth). Room 26-322.

• Quiz 3: Thursday, December 8, 2005

  	COVERAGE: Lecture Notes 7 and 8; Problem Set 5; Ryden, Chapters 8, 9, and Epilogue; Weinberg, Chapters 6, 7, 8, and the Afterward.
  	REVIEW SESSION: Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 7:30 pm (with Jessie Shelton). Room 36-112.

• Extra Credit Paper: due Friday, December 9, 2005.

  Information and suggested topics: PS | PDF.

• Class Contact List (For Class Members Only)

Announcements:

• Wednesday, October 26, 2005:
  Problem Set 3 has been modified — see the ** note after the Problem Set listing below. On Monday October 31 and Monday November 7, Jessie Shelton's office hour will be covered by Alan Guth, in NE25-4031.
• Wednesday, September 21, 2005:
  Jessie Shelton will have an office hour today, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, in NE25-4084.