Syllabus for Math 5467 (Intro to Mathematics of Wavelets)
                           Spring 2001

Instructor: Scot Adams
Office: Vincent Hall 354
Phone: 612-625-5507

Office Hours: M 9:05-9:55,      Tu 2:30-3:25,      W 11:15-12:05

Homepage: www.math.umn.edu/~adams

Text: Wavelets and Filter Banks, Gilbert Strang and Truong Nguyen

Midterm Tests:  F 16 March and F 20 April

Final Exam: Th 10 May, 4-6pm, in VinH 211 (the regular classroom).

Material covered in course:

We will proceed linearly through the text, starting at the
beginning. I hope to take a leisurely pace, and we'll see how far we get.

Assignments:

I will give out assignments in class
and will announce due dates in class, as well.

Grading:
Homework        20%
First Midterm   20%
Second Midterm  20%
Final Exam      40%

Miscellaneous:

I either do ``curve'' or do not ``curve'' depending on how you
define it. I do not preassign the number of students who will
receive a specific grade. On the other hand, neither do I preassign
the gradelines before seeing the distribution of grades. Gradelines
will be announced on the web, as soon as possible after
the quiz or exam.

Incompletes will be given only in cases where the student has
completed all but a small fraction of the course with a grade of C or
better and a severe unexpected event prevents completion of the
course. In particular, if you get behind, you cannot ``bail out'' by
taking an incomplete. The last day to cancel, without permission from
your College office, is the last day of the sixth week.