Math 390: Honors Seminar

Fall 2012

General Information

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu

Office: BNW 16

Office Hours: T 9-9:30, 11-12:30, W 12-3 (usually), F 9-9:30, 11-12:30 or by appointment

Textbooks: Mathematics of Social Choice by Börgers, A Primer in Social Choice Theory by Gaertner

Class Meetings: TF: 12:30 - 1:45, BNW 469

Day 1 handouts

• Syllabus (pdf) LaTeX source
• Rubric for seminar talks (pdf) LaTeX source
• Rubric for homework (pdf) LaTeX source
• A procedure for choosing the schedule (pdf) LaTeX source
• Schedule of speakers (pdf)
• Approximate schedule of topics (pdf) LaTeX source

Some LaTeX help

On Windows, I recommend MikTeX. On Mac, I recommend TeXShop (you also need to download MacTeX). Install one of these, then try one of the example files below (or any above). Search online or ask the professor if you have any issues.

• A sample homework assignment (pdf) LaTeX source (requires an image called "knot1.jpg" in the same folder)
• A LaTeX sample with lots more formulas (pdf) LaTeX source