<p>But seriously, don't start with honors analysis unless you're really mathematically mature (by this, I mean being VERY comfortable with delta-epsilon stuff). I have a very good math background, and I had trouble all quarter (although from my final grade, I seem to have done very well on the final exam).</p>
<p>Oh, and from what you've said previously, it seems like you don't want a heavy workload. I work about 30-40 hours a week on honors analysis. If you take honors analysis, you really won't have time for anything much else. My bastard professor even gave us homework over winter break (and tried to give homework during reading period).</p>
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<p>I was just kidding, there's plenty of diversity in honors analysis. I actually don't sit in the back because my glasses suck and I can't see the board. Is your name Daniel?</p>
<p>Yes it is, and I figured you were kidding, but it was worth pointing out... maybe not... whatever....</p>
<p>I will second most of what phuriku has to say about the workload, but for clarification our homework over winter break is to look over(learn and try to understand) an 8 page proof of a theorem we will be using next quarter(and according to his email to also draw lots of pictures of the proof..), just so that you don't get the impression we actually have a problem set to work on, although it may not be any less work...</p>
<p>About Ryzhik, I actually really enjoy him as a professor because he always seems very excited and energetic about teaching the subject, but that is also my opinion and something you should determine for yourself.</p>
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<p>I joke about hating Ryzhik, but I love the guy. It's also funny because sometimes I can figure out what's going to be on tests/quizzes because he'll act so excited about a topic in class, and he just can't stand not putting it on the exam. Like when he made us memorize basically all of Chapter 4 for a 1-question quiz, I told my girlfriend beforehand that I knew he was going to test us on the absolute continuity of the integral because he acted so excited about it in class (although I don't know why -- it doesn't seem that great to me). Same with Cantor function/sets, which are ubiquitous in this course as counterexamples.</p>
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umm...is there seriously 5 hours of studying honors analysis a day? i mean where do you find the time to do your other work...
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<p>You work it in. My other work actually serves as a relaxing break from honors analysis, so it isn't much of a problem. By the end of the quarter, Herodotus will be your best friend.</p>
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<p>I'm going to sit with you in class from now on. You look lonely.</p>
<p>ive always wanted to go on to grad school, maybe for a math or physics phd...and i feel like if i dont get into honors analysis these fields arent right for me and that grad schools will look down upon the fact...is this accurate or not</p>
<p>No, not accurate at all, although it may help that you took honors analysis (YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT AS A FRESHMAN!). Grad schools care about RESEARCH ability, and this follows from the research you've done as an undergraduate. Research is much more important than taking Honors Analysis, or even getting 1st in the world on the Putnam.</p>
<p>The merits it has, however, is that having taken it, you will be exposed to research topics that you wouldn't have been exposed to had you not taken it.</p>
<p>Haha I guess that's beacuse I don't really know anyone else in the class( this isn't strictly true, but here isn't really the place for that discussion...). We seem to have had a nice break from Cantor sets/functions in the last few weeks of class, and I'd take a question about absolute continuity over one about Cantor any day.</p>
<p>To answer beefs there are more than 5 hours in a day... but in all seriousnes phuriku is right you just need to make time to work in all of your class work and your social life etc.</p>
<p>From what I gather, both of you are freshmen in honors analysis. Honors analysis as a first-year is the intellectual equivalent of the jalapeno pepper that makes Homer Simpson hallucinate. For the rest of us, there's just plain spicy.</p>
<p>Beefs, if you're into proof-based math, most likely Honors Calc (MATH 160) is more appropriate. There's also an inquiry-based section, where the students teach each other the proofs and the prof sits in the back and watches.</p>
<p>Just wanted to say for the record that I don't despise awkward people. There are certain types of awkwardness that bother me personally (the "that kid" who talks all class no matter what the topic is, people who boast and put others down without realizing it, and people who can't hold casual conversations), but that doesn't mean I hate those people. I have friends who fall into each of those categories because there are other things I like about those people, such as if they're caring or funny. I had a few first year friends in Honors Analysis last year, by the way.</p>
<p>it's free, but there are restrictions set in place by NSIT. for instance, you can't download music, videos, things like that for free (i.e. illegal downloading) or else you have to meet with the dean and they probably restrict your internet access.</p>
<p>on an aside, im pretty set on a lenovo as a laptop, but im not sure which one exactly. im looking for a graphics intensive (good enough for games like wow, cs) but also something that comes with office, and that could handle heavy math/science applications if required in college</p>
<p>I doubt you'll be "gaming ALOT" at Chicago, especially if you want to get an A/A- in Honours Calculus in order to be invited to take Honours Analysis.</p>
<p>Internet traffic is not monitored or filtered so game away. The catch with major file sharing is just huge amounts of outgoing traffic is bad, so if you let your computer upload much, NSIT might look into what.</p>
<p>In order for you to be caught the RIAA or MPAA itself has to catch you, and then they notify the school - UChicago itself doesn't check up on your internet usage unless you go overboard by a large degree - and according to some folks I know at NSIT, it's almost impossible to do that with regular use. We're talking like gigs and gigs of uploads per day.</p>
<p>So, I'm not saying that you should break the law, but the RIAA and MPAA seem to target popular and new media exclusively - so if you can avoid downloading brand new albums and movies right as they drop, you should lessen your chances of an "encounter" considerably. And if you still want to risk it, just turn off the uploading on those particular files right as you get them. And don't run BitTorrent all the time. And save everything to an external hard drive that you can disconnect quickly should you need to cover your tracks. I mean, that's what I would do if I ever wanted to use BitTorrent.</p>