Other Resources

• OSU Valley Library -- search the online catalog for books on matrix algebra, linear algebra, infinite series, or for a key work you learn during the term; find some typical call numbers and go to that section of the library and browse.
• GOOGLE (or your favorite search engine) -- search for specific topics in matrix algebra, linear algebra, infinite series, or for key words you learn during the term
• Math Department website offers a variety of information including what math classes are offered and when, final exam schedules, and how to get math advising.
• MLC, the Math Learning Center, is in Kidder 108E and offers one-on-one help from faculty, graduate, and undergraduate tutors
• Click here for a review of summation notation and help with using a TI 85, TI 86, or MAPLE to evaluate partial sums painlessly.
• There is a useful on-line study guide for MTH 253, 254, 255, and 256. The MTH 253 on-line study guide has excellent support materials for MTH 306. I highly recommend the site.
• In Lesson 9 you learn that power series can by manipulated like ordinary polynomials provided you take a little care about where the results are valid. Some of you may be rusty at long division of polynomials and therefore may have trouble doing long division of infinite series. Here are two links that may be helpful. The first is about long division of polynomials and the second gives two examples of how to apply the long division algorthim to power series.
• Wiley failed to include the last two pages of the index at the end of the course lessons. Click index for a complete three page index.