Lectures for Weeks 5 and 7 Will Be in Room L1

The week 7 lecture has been moved from L4 to L1 because currently we have too many people showing up to fit in room L4. We have been asked to move to L1 for Week 5 because our room is needed by someone else. We will remain in room L3 for weeks 2–4, 6, and 8.

Problem Sheet 2 is Posted

I have now posted problem sheet 2.

Supplementary Problem Sheets 1 and 2 for MFoCS Students are Posted

I have now posted the first and second supplementary problem sheets for the MFoCS students.

Problem Sheet 1 is Posted

Yup, that's right: I have posted problem sheet 1 on the course materials page.

Welcome to C5.4: HT 2015

Well, a new term is upon us, and the new iteration of this course now has a different numbering from before.

I don't have the new homework assignments ready yet, so for now I'll just indicate who will be lecturing, conducting classes, and TAing.


Lectures: Fridays: 2-4 pm, rooms L3 (weeks 1–4, 6, 8) and L1 (weeks 5,7), Andrew Wiles Building


Classes:

[1] Monday: Weeks 3,5,7 (and 1TT). HT coordinates: 3:30–5:00, room C4, tutor: Peter Grindrod, TA: Bo Fan

[2] Monday: Weeks 4,6,8 (and 1TT). HT coordinates: 3:30–5:00, room C4, tutor: Peter Grindrod, TA: Bo Fan

[3] Friday: Weeks 3,5,7 (and 1TT). HT coordinates: 4:30–6:00, room C1, tutor: Mason Porter, TA: Barbara Mahler

[4] Friday: Weeks 4,6,8 (and 1TT). HT coordinates: 4:30–6:00, room C1, tutor: Mason Porter, TA: Se Wook Oh


In all cases above, all HT rooms and times are confirmed. Times and rooms for TT will be determined later.

I will post course materials when I get a chance. In the meantime, there are a bunch of useful resources among the out-edges in the sidebar. Additionally, you can get free access to Mark Newman's 2010 book on networks via University of Oxford. For most subjects, that will be our main textbook.

The Specimen Exam is Posted.

Read the title.

Note, obviously, that the specimen exam has not been vetted the way real exams are.

Solution Set 4 is Posted

I have now posted solution set 4.

Now I'll get started on writing an informal specimen exam so you can get a better idea of what "bite-sized" questions might look like. (This is much less for the purpose of providing review material, as there is already plenty of that, and more just to get a more concrete idea of what an exam question --- as opposed to homework question --- might look like.) I don't yet know exactly when I'll have this ready. Also, I won't be writing up formal solutions for it the way I have done with the homework assignments.

Update (4/28/14): I have made a couple corrections and clarified some points on solution sheet 4 (especially on sheet 4) and have posted a revised version.