To earn my tuition and stipend I have to work as a teaching assistant(TA) for intro level courses in the mathematics department. The usual assignment is two two hour discussion sections each semester. Below I've listed some general guidelines, and below that, specific info for each teaching assignment. Check the course links below for more info on the course. See my schedule for office hours.

I get a lot of email, much of which is spam. To increase the chances that I actually see your message, please include the class number followed by a brief description of the subject of your message in the subject line.

For example, suppose you are taking math 234 and have a question about email guidelines. A subject line like

[math 234] Email Guidelines Question

would be good.

Also, please include which discussion section you're in in the body of your message.

Your homework must be:

I usually hold 3 office hours each week. Office hours are different from class and discussion: There's no reason to come if you don't want to. If you do come, you don't need to arrive at the beginning and stay until the end. You can drop in any time during the listed hours and leave as soon as your question is answered.

I'm TAing Calculus III

Course	Math 234
Lecture	001
Instructor	Professor Tonghai Yang
Meeting Time	MWF 7:45-8:35am
Location	B130 Van Vleck

and running four discussions, namely

Section	Meeting Time	Location
305	Tu 9:55am	B123 Van Vleck
306	Th 9:55am	B123 Van Vleck
311	Tu 2:25pm	B129 Van Vleck
312	Th 2:25pm	6224 Social Science

See above for generic guidelines. When turning in your homework treat each chapter section as a different assignment. E.g., if you were turning in the Ch 14.2 and 14.3 problems, then you would turn in two separate labeled and stapled packets: one for 14.2 and one for 14.3. This helps facilitate grading.

If you're in a Tuesday section, then your homework is the first half of the previous week's assignment, and the second half the assignment from the week before that. If you're in a Thursday section, then your homework is the assignment from the previous week. Subject to change as the course progresses, the chapter sections are

Week	Dates	Tu HW	Th HW
3	Sept. 14-18	Nothing	14.1
4	Sept. 21-25	14.1 & 14.2	14.2 & 14.3
5	Sept. 28-Oct. 2	14.3 & 14.4	14.4 & 14.5
6	Oct. 5-9	14.5 & 14.6	14.6
7	Oct. 12-16	14.7 & 14.8	14.7,14.8 & 14.10
8	Oct. 19-23	14.10 & 15.1	15.1 & 15.2
9	Oct. 20-30	15.2 & 15.3	15.3 & 15.4
10	Nov. 2-6	15.4 & 15.5	15.5 & 15.6
11	Nov. 9-13	15.6 & 16.1	16.1
12	Nov. 16-20	16.2	16.2 & 16.3
13	Nov. 23-27	16.3 & 16.4	16.4
14	Nov. 30-Dec. 4	16.5	16.5 & 16.6
15	Dec. 7-11	16.6 & 16.7 & 16.8	16.7 & 16.8

See Tonghai's page for the specific problems.

Here are my lecture notes for week.day, in case you missed class: 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.2 6.3 7.2 7.3 8.1 8.2 8.3 9.1 9.2 10.1 11.1 11.2 12.1 12.2

If you're sick then don't come to class, section, or office hours, and send me an email so I know why you're absent. If you're not already sick, then avoid risky behavior, e.g.

Took a leave of absence to start an internet company. FAIL.

I'm a research assistant in the Computer Science Department, in lieu of TAing.

I'm TAing calculus

Course	Math 221, Calculus and Analytic Geometry
Lecture	1
Instructor	Professor Lev Borisov
Meeting Time	MWF 9:55-10:45
Location	B10 Ingraham

running two discussions, namely

Section	307
Meeting Time	TR 12:05-12:55
Location	B333 Van Vleck

and

Section	309
Meeting Time	TR 13:20-14:10
Location	B337 Van Vleck

I'm TAing calculus

Course	Math 221, Calculus and Analytic Geometry
Lecture	4
Instructor	Professor Arun Ram
Meeting Time	MWF 12:05-12:55
Location	B130 Van Vleck

running two discussions, namely

Section	377
Meeting Time	TR 12:05-12:55
Location	B115 Van Vleck

and

Section	381
Meeting Time	TR 15:30-16:20
Location	B309 Van Vleck

There is a note for the trig identities covered in the first discussion section here. Professor Ram has a note covering that stuff and more here.