Teaching and Advising
by L.N.Vaserstein
Fall of 2009
office hours: TR 9:30-11a. 215 McAllister
Bldg
| integrity |
sci
integrity |
Homework to be submitted by email to vstein@math.psu.edu with Math 484 or Math 486 in subject.
If you added the class or use an e-mail account different from that reported to PSU, include your name
If your homework is not in plain text format, point out the format and
include your homework as an attachment.
8/25 First class.
9/2 Drop/Add deadline.
9/8. My talk at OR coll.
Thanksgiving
Holiday - No Classes
Monday - Sunday
November 23 - 29
Withdrawal -
Deadline
Friday
December 11
Classes End
Friday
December 11
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Math 486.001, Game Theory 42 students
TR 8-9:15a. 203 Willard
textbook: Introduction to Game Theory by P.Morris, Springer Verlag.
outlines & grading policy (syllabus)
8/25 Class 1 Examples of Games .
8/27 Class 2. See the plan.
9/1 Class 3: Extensive form with perfect info. Strategies.
Midterm 1 Oct. 1. | m1 | | sol |
Midterm 2 Nov.5 . m2 | sol #4,5 by T.S.| sol 1-3 by D.T. | pic
Midterm 3 Dec. 3. m3 | sol |
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Math 484.002 , Linear Programs 40 students
TR 11:15-12:30 105 Osmond.
textbook: Introduction to Linear Programming, Prentice
Hall, 2003.
title page: ps
| pdf || copyright page: ps | pdf ||
contents&preface: ps | pdf ||
student's manual: ps | pdf || corrections
in plain text |
Use Reload or Refresh for most recent version.
outlines & grading policy (syllabus) |
Perpetual homework: do all exercises in the textbook (more
complicated ones are solved in the manual).
8/25. Section 1 of the textbook
Midterm 1 Oct. 1
Midterm 2 Nov.5 m2 | sol. V.S. | sol. D.S.| sol. R.T. | pic. |
Midterm 3 Dec. 3. m3 | sol |
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Grades entered on Dec 12:
my links:
Spring
2000 | Fall 2000
| Spring
2001 | Fall 2001 Roe | Spring
2002 || Fall 2002 Math 436
|Math 486
|| Spring
2003 |
Fall 2003
| Spring
2004 games | Fall
2004 | Spring
2005 | | Fall
2005 | Spring
2006 | Fall
2006 | Spring
2007 games |
Fall
2007 | Spring
2008 games | Fall 2008 LP |
Hungarian Method
PSU links
a job | a job text | jobs for math
majors |
Teach for America
(for seniors) | National Security Education Program |
| MURE |wiser
|
math class schedule
| math instr manual
| www.medianet.libraries.psu.edu |
SPIRIT || PSU OR | OR coll 2005
| Colloquium
Fall 2000 || blue book | white
book ||
|
PSU auctions|
PSU
algebra and number theory (with OR at math dept)|
| math undegrad
| coop | free lunch
|
academic integrity
(what is cheating)|
| feedback
(send anonymous email to professor) | grader |
Socrates
| errors lead to disasters
|
entering grades
by elion | class
lists by elion |
| PSU
calendar | Angel
|
Internet Links
NUMB3RS is a
CBS show mixing math and crime . It
premieres on Sunday, January 23, 2005 10PM ET (after football).
15. Linear algebra: International Linear Algebra
Society | definitions
|
games and math
programming |
03 Logic: fallacy
|| Dantzig
at Stanford
|| Kantorovich
| Nash
|
90. Operations research, mathematical programming:
| Mathematical
Programming Glossary | FAQ
on LP |
| Bibliography
for Discrete Event Systems Simulation: Optimization and Sensitivity
Analysis |
| Global
optimization page (U Wien) | Global
optimization
page (BU) |
| Mathematical
Optimization TU Braunschweig | traveling
salesman | Interesting
Models |
| Applied
Management Science | INFORMS Online | INFORMS Resources|
|| software
|
Opportunities for
Research Funding in Operations Research / Management Sciences |
simplex
| LP
tutoral
Hungarian
algorithm - Wiki | Natching
| k-m
| egres
|
91 Game theory, economics, social and behavioral
sciences: | Game of Life
| 2
|
| games
| Chronology
of Game Theory |
blackjack | blackjack| Nim || car
&goats (the Monty Hall problem) | 2 | 3 | 4 | | games and math
programming | matrix game solver
|
cellular automata
| combinatorial game
theory | Mathematical
Psychology |
Education: A.Toom
|
college math: Dave's Tables Cool Math MBoneAsk Dr.
Math Common UG
math errors WEB Tutorials
| Mathematics
Journal for Undergraduates | math
jokes more: 2 | 3
| 4
| 5
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