Office:  KAP 424E,  (213) 740-3797  (KAP 424E is inside a suite of offices, SW corner of the building.  If the suite door is locked, knock somewhat loudly.)

Email:  alexandr@usc.edu          Web Page:  http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~alexandr/

Office hours:  (Tentative)  Monday 11-12, 2-3; Wednesday 11-12; or by appointment. 

Teaching Assistant:  Gokhan Yildirim  (Office hours T 11-1, Th 11-12 in the Math Center, KAP 263)

Text:  Advanced Engineering Mathematics by E. Kreyszig, 9th edition

Homework will be given approximately weekly.  On each assignment a few selected problems will be graded.  It is OK to help each other solve homework problems, but it's not OK to turn in essentially identical solutions--once you have discussed homework problems so that you understand better what to do, you should write the solutions on your own.  Homework will be accepted up to  2 lectures late, with a 20% penalty.  Not accepted more than 2 lectures late.

Quizzes:  There will be 2 or 3 short quizzes in discussion section, dates to be announced, typically as a warm-up shortly before an exam. 

Exams:  Two midterms plus final.  Tentative midterm dates are Wednesday September 30 and Friday November 6. Final is Monday December 14, 8-10 am.  There will be no makeup  midterm exams.  In exceptional cases, with a written excuse, if you miss a midterm exam I will base your grade on the exams you did take.

Grading:  Homework and quizzes 30%, midterms 20% each, final 30%. No fixed quotas of A’s, B’s etc.  The number of points needed for a particular grade is not fixed in advance--if the exam turns out to be difficult and scores are low, then fewer points are needed for an A, for a B, etc.

Auditing:  If you want to just sit in on the class, you must register for an audit.

Material to be covered:  The following schedule is approximate and tentative:

   9.1 - 9.8, 10.4 - 10.8 (parts)    5 lectures   Vector calculus review
   Chapter 11                            10 lectures   Fourier Analysis
   Chapter 12                            12 lectures   Partial Differential Equations
   Chapter 5                                7 lectures   Series solutions, special functions
   13.1 - 13.5                              4 lectures   Complex variables 
   14.1 - 14.3                              3 lectures   Complex integration
   Midterms                                2 lectures

   TOTAL                               43 lectures

Everything in this syllabus is in principle tentative; if necessary it will be adjusted during the semester.
 
Additional help:  There are TA's in the Math Center Mon. - Fri., 8 am - 6 pm.  Many, but not all, are qualified to help with 445, so ask around to find one who is.