General Information

A picture in front of the McAllister building

How to reach me

Email: xue_j AT math.psu.edu
Office: 419 McAllister
Office Hours: WF 3:30P-4:30P or by appointments
Phone: 814-863-9049

My name in Chinese is 薛江维 (Xue Jiangwei), "Xue" is pronounced like "syue".

I am a graduate student in the Mathematics Department at Penn State. Currently I am working on my thesis under the guidance of professor Yuri Zarhin. My research interest include algebraic geometry, abelian varieties in particular, and number theory. I got my bachelor's degree from Nanjing University in China.

In my free time I study Japanese. It is a lot of fun. Sometimes it feels like I am rediscovering Chinese and learning a new language both at the same time.

I like playing table tennis and recently start to play tennis.

Teaching

My previous teaching includes Math110, Math141, Math220 and Math230. In spring 2008, I am teaching Math230, section 007.

Spring 2008 Syllabus

Suggested homework problems

Sample Exams

Quizzes Solutions

Schedule of Exams

Midterm II, Monday, March 31st, 6:30-7:45PM, 100 Thomas.
Final Exam, Friday, May 9th, 4:40pm-6:30pm. There won't be any make-up final.

Exam Break-up by Section

There will be one multiple choice question from each of the following group of sections.
13.1, 13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5, 13.6, 13.7

14.1, 14.2
14.3
14.4

15.1, 15.2
15.3, 15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7, 15.8

16.2
16.3
16.4, 16.6
16.7, 16.8
16.9

17.1, 17.2
17.3
17.4
17.5
17.6
17.7
17.8
17.9

Sample Exam solutions

Let me if there are any errors.
Dec 2005
Dec 2006

correction

In problem 7 of "Dec 2005", the correct answer should be "B". The gradient should be <2,-6,2> instead of <0,-6,2>. Sorry about this.

Homework Assignments

These are the homework problems I assigned during my previous teaching. They are posted here only for the purpose of reducing the painful task of picking problems from the long list of suggested homeworks. A student is still suppose to know all material covered in class and able to solve all type of questions from the suggested homework.

HW1, Section 13.1 problems 8, 10, 13, 16, 31
HW1, Section 13.2 problems 14, 22, 26
HW1, Section 13.3 problems 2, 12, 18, 26, 38, 45
HW1, Section 13.4 problems 11, 12, 14, 24, 26(a)unit vector,(b)
HW1 due Wednesday Sep 5th

HW2, Section 13.4 problems 29, 33
HW2, Section 13.5 problems 1, 4, 7, 10, 14, 17, 20, 28, 33, 40, 48, 53, 56, 67

HW3, Section 13.6 problems 1, 3, 5
HW3, Section 13.7 problems 3, 10, 15, 22, 23, 34, 36, 49
HW3, Section 14.1 problems 1, 3, 6, 11, 34

HW4, Section 14.2 problems 13, 17, 21, 25, 31, 33,35
HW4, Section 14.3 problems 3, 5, 13, 19, 21, 40, 41
HW4, Section 14.4 problems 11,31,33,35

HW5, Section 15.1 problems 13,15, 40, 43.
HW5, Section 15.2 problems 7,8,9, 11(hint: same method as example 4), 28,31
HW5, Section 15.3 problems 14, 17, 21,26, 36,42, 51
HW5, Section 15.4, problems 4, 6, 13, 14, 24, 25

HW6, Section 15.5, problems 3,4,6, 7,12, 23,30,34
HW6, Section 15.6, problems 6, 10,12,22,28,30,34,40,44

HW7, Section 15.7, problems 7,12,15,31,45
HW7, Section 15.8, problems 4, 5, 7, 15.
HW7, Section 16.2, problems 4, 7, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28

HW8, Section 16.3, problems 3, 13, 15, 19, 21, 37, 39, 43
HW8, Section 16.4, problems 7,9,13, 21, 29, 31
HW8, Section 16.6, problems 3,4,5

HW9, Section 16.7, problems 3,7,9, 12, 14, 18
HW9, Section 16.8, problems 8, 9, 12, 18, 19, 33, 36
HW9, Section 16.9, problems 7, 8, 12, 19, 20

HW10, Section 17.1, problems 3, 6, 23, 24
HW10, Section 17.2, problems 5, 7, 8, 12, 16, 20,22
HW10, Section 17.3, problems 4, 7, 12, 15, 20, 21, 33

HW11, Section 17.4, problems 3, 4(use only green's theorem for these two), 7, 8, 15, 17, 18
HW11, Section 17.5, problems 3, 7, 12, 16, 20
HW11, Section 17.6, problems 21, 22, 32, 34, 40

HW12, Section 17.7, problems 7, 11, 17, 19, 23, 26
HW12, Section 17.8, problems 3, 5, 7, 8, 10
HW12, Section 17.9, problems 9, 12, 13, 15