

%\magnification=1095
\nopagenumbers
\hfill Math 138A


\hfill Winter  2004

\hfill R. Schultz
\bigskip
\bigskip
\centerline{\bf GENERAL REMARKS}
\bigskip
There is a separate course outline that lists the course topics
and keys them to the course texts (do Carmo, {\sl Differential
geometry of Curves and Surfaces}).
\medskip
{\bf Contact information. }  My office is Surge 221, and it is around the
corner from the Department's 
administrative front desk (Surge 202).  Normally I am available 
in my office between 12:30 and 1:30 on Wednesdays, and at other times by
appointment.  My telephone number is 909-787-6459 (as usual, suppress the
area code from inside the 909 region, and also replace the 787 by an 8 
if calling from an extension at UCR).  Another highly recommended option 
is electronic mail; my full address is {\tt schultz{@}math.ucr.edu} or 
{\tt reinhard.schultz@ucr.edu} or else
simply {\tt schultz} if you happen to have an account on the departmental
network and are logged into one of the Department's 
computers.  Use of electronic mail is often easier than trying to play 
telephone tag.  
\medskip
{\bf Grading policy: } There will be two in-class examinations, each of
which will count 22.5 per cent of the course grade, there will be 
a final examination that will count for 40 per cent, and homework will
count for 15 per cent.  

Students are responsible for knowing
how to do all the exercises listed on the course homework file.
\medskip
{\bf Course handouts and notes: }  All printed handouts for the course
will be available on the Department computer network and from the 
web site 

\centerline{{\tt http://www.math.ucr.edu/$\sim$res}}

\noindent
in the subdirectory {\tt math138A}.  All files are available in
PostScript and Acrobat PDF formats.  The {\tt pdf} versions 
can be opened,downloaded, read or printed with the free Acrobat readers 
that are either already available or easily installed on most PC's 
these days, but the quality of the output
is sometimes disappointing because of the software itself and the
problems with the local software for converting files to this
format from PostScript.  The {\tt ps} files are more reliable.
Software for reading such files known as GhostView may not be on
a PC you are using, but free copies are available from the web site

\centerline{{\tt http://www.cs.wisc.edu/$\sim$ghost}}

\noindent
in formats for PC's and other relatively standard operating
systems like the Macintosh system and Unix.
\medskip
{\bf IMPORTANT.  (1) } 
\medskip
{\sl Please contact me immediately if you have problems viewing or
printing out any of these files. }
\medskip
{\bf (2) } {\sl These files are only intended for 
classroom purposes and are not meant for widespread public
circulation. }
\medskip
{\bf Discussion sessions: }  In addition to the three meetins with
the primary instructor each week, there are discussion sections that
are scheduled for one hour each week at 10:40 Tuesdays in OLMH 1136.
The instructor is Dr. Chan Woo Pae.  Further information will be made 
available at discussion section meetings.
\medskip
{\bf Primary class sessions: }  Student questions are encouraged.  Please 
do not hesitate to ask questions, especially if you do not understand
something or if something in the lecture seems wrong --- even if everyone
else seems to understand.  
\medskip
Questions on homework or review are generally best answered at the 
beginning of class.  In general these are encouraged, but in some cases 
it might be necessary to limit such question periods.
\bye


