Q: What about collaboration?
A: For homework, it is fine to discuss
the material with others, instructors but you have to write up things yourself. During
exams, absolutely no collaboration or consultation with others is allowed. This is strictly
enforced. Any anomalies would be investigated. And consequences would be severe. Look at the
Harvard honor code.
Please write your homework by hand. For exams, we need you to submit the exam answers handwritten too.
Bout homework: you need to do write it down on your own. No Biff cheats from ``Back to the future":
Q: Do we need a textbook? A: you can take the course without
textbook. Our time is limited and it might be a good idea to focus on how we go through the
material which is very efficient. Textbooks like Stewart have about 1000 pages.
A popular choice had been Multivariable Calculus: Concepts and Contexts (any edition).
I will say more about this in the first class.
Q:How much pre-knowledge is needed.
This is written in the description of the course.
Here is a 5 imes 5 checklist.
In general, mathematics is hard. It is the hardest of all sciences. Also after teaching calculus for 30 years, there are
always new aspects to see. Especially geometry of three dimensional space
can be challenging. It is important to develop geometric thinking and visualization skills.
We will say more about this in the first lecture.
Q:What about academic integrity?. We strictly follow to the
Harvard honor code. If you can not follow
this, you should not participate in any summer school course. Any violation of the code
is taken seriously and has severe consequences. Actual humans grade the assignments and we also
ask you only handwritten material and not typed up material which gives us some control to verify
that it was you did the work. If you have no confidence that you can follow
the code, you should not take this course (nor any other course at Harvard!).
