{"id":439,"date":"2025-02-13T14:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/burakk\/?page_id=439"},"modified":"2025-02-13T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:18:10","slug":"math-782-spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/burakk\/math-782-spring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"MATH 782 (Spring 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>MATH 782, Descriptive Set Theory<\/strong><br \/>\nCourse Syllabus<\/p>\n<table class=\" alignleft\" width=\"623\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Instructor:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"491\">Asst. Prof. Burak Kaya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>E-mail:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"491\">burakk@metu.edu.tr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Website:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"491\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/burakk\">http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/burakk<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Office:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"491\">M-126<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Phone number:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"491\">+90 (312) 210 2996<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Office hours:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"491\">TBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Class hours:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"491\">TBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Classroom:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"491\">TBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong> \u00a0 If you are a graduate student, then there are no prerequisites. If you are an undergraduate student, then, in order to take this course, you should have obtained permission from the instructor.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Course description:<\/strong> This is an introductory graduate level-course to descriptive set theory. You can reach the official catalog description of the course from <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.metu.edu.tr\/course.php?prog=236&amp;course_code=2360782\">this web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Textbook:<\/strong> We will be following the textbook<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/b98956\">A course on Borel sets<\/a> by S. M. Srivastava ISBN: 978-0-387-98412-4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">As a supplementary resource, we may also use the classical textbook <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-1-4612-4190-4\">Classical Descriptive Set Theory<\/a> by Kechris.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Attendance:<\/strong> Attendance is <em>not<\/em> mandatory, however, is strongly suggested.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Assignments and grading: <\/strong>There will be <em>five homework assignments<\/em> each out of 24(+4 bonus) points and <em>one final exam<\/em> out of 100 points. Each homework assignment will have %12 weight and the final exam will have %40 weight in your overall score that is to be used for letter grades. Your overall score will be calculated as follows.<\/p>\n<p>Overall score = Homework assignments x 0.5 + Final Exam x 0.4<\/p>\n<p>Your final letter grades will be given based on your overall score.<\/p>\n<p><em>No late submissions for homework assignments will be accepted<\/em> and <em>no make-ups will be given for homework assignments<\/em> since you will already be given more than enough time to submit your homework assignments.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be able to take the final exam, a student must have submitted <em>at least three homework assignments with at least one attempted solution in each assignment<\/em>. No make-ups will be given for the final exam without an official report. This policy is non-negotiable. If you are going to miss the final exam because of extraordinary conditions, which may not be documented via reports, you should contact me in advance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Submission of homework assignments and how to get bonus points:<\/strong>\u00a0You will use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gradescope.com\/\">Gradescope<\/a>\u00a0to submit your homework assignments <em>electronically<\/em> over the internet, unless you prefer otherwise in which case you should let me know in advance. I will grade your homework submissions, as well as your final exam, through this system. Once the class roster is finalized after the add-drop period, you will get an e-mail which contains instructions for logging into Gradescope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/LaTeX\">LaTeX<\/a>\u00a0has been a fundamental tool to the mathematical community over years. A mathematician who does not use LaTeX is like a fisherman who uses a wooden stick instead of a professional rod.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For this reason, any non-empty homework submission typed in LaTeX which contains at least <em>one attempted-solution<\/em> will automatically get +4 bonus points. You can ask others who use LaTeX about how to install a TeX distribution, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/miktex.org\/\">MiKTeX<\/a>, and a TeX editor, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xm1math.net\/texmaker\/\">TeXmaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Tentative course plan:<\/strong> For the tentative weekly course plan, you can check <a href=\"https:\/\/odtuclass2024s.metu.edu.tr\/pluginfile.php\/150644\/mod_resource\/content\/1\/2360782_1.pdf\">the official syllabus<\/a> from the ODT\u00dc Class page of the course.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Academic dishonesty policy:<\/strong> You are expected to be familiar with the university\u2019s academic integrity guide for students. No form of academic dishonesty is tolerated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATH 782, Descriptive Set Theory Course Syllabus Instructor: Asst. 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