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Mathematics

18.02A
Calculus
A. Mattuck
Mon-Fri, Jan 9-13, 17-20, 23-27, 30-3, 12-01:00pm, 54-100, Recitation: TR 10am or 2pm

Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
No listeners
Prereq: 18.01A or 18.01
Level: U 12 units Standard A - F Grading   

First half is taught during the last six weeks of the fall term; covers material in the first half of 18.02 (through double integrals). Second half of 18.02A can be taken either during IAP (daily lectures) or during the first half of the Spring term; it covers the remaining material in 18.02. Contact: Stephanie (Stevie) Gallarelli, 2-108, x3-4977, nonna@math.mit.edu

18.095
Mathematics Lecture Series
Alan Edelman
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: 18.01
Level: U 6 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit   

Ten lectures by mathematics faculty members on interesting topics from both classical and modern mathematics. All lectures accessible to students with calculus background and an interest in mathematics. At each lecture, reading and exercises are assigned. Students prepare these for discussion in a weekly problem session.
Students taking 18.095 for credit are expected to attend regularly and to do problem sets. Recitation Thursday at 10:30 or 1:00.
Contact: Alan Edelman, 2-343, x3-7770, edelman@math.mit.edu

It's a Matter of Degree
Haynes Miller
Mon Jan 9, 01-02:30pm, 2-190

Induced Electro-osmosis
Martin Bazant
Wed Jan 11, 01-02:30pm, 2-190

Fast Fourier Transforms
Steven Johnson
Fri Jan 13, 01-02:30pm, 2-190

Counting Primes
David Vogan
Wed Jan 18, 01-02:30pm, 2-190

Lie Groups and Differential Equations
Sigurdur Helgason
Fri Jan 20, 01-03:30pm, 2-190

Numerical Methods for Random Matrices
Per-Olof Persson
Mon Jan 23, 01-02:30pm, 2-190

Logic as Mathematics
Hartley Rogers
Wed Jan 25, 01-02:30pm, 2-190

Primality Testing Made Simple
Kiran Kedlaya
Fri Jan 27, 01-02:30pm, 2-190

Elliptic Functions
Pavel Etingof
Mon Jan 30, 01-02:30pm, 2-190

The Homotopy Groups of Spheres: A Guided Tour
Mark Behrens
Wed Feb 1, 01-02:30pm, 2-190


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