Announcements:

• No class Wednesday Jan 6 and Friday Jan 8 due to the Joint Math Meetings in downtown Seattle.

• Go to Jen B.'s talk at 3:30pm today in Smith Hall 302

What we will do in class on Jan 4:

• Go over syllabus

• First homework

• Make a list on the board of areas/topics/skills of interest, which we may or may not get to as the quarter progresses.