What is the SUMaC daily routine?
Monday through Thursday students spend the morning in class learning the central program topics and working on problems as a class, in small groups, and individually. After lunch students begin work on the daily problem sets. During that time the teaching assistants meet individually with students in 20-60 minute sessions to go over the problem set from the previous day (turned in that morning). Also, throughout the afternoon and evening, members of the SUMaC staff are available to help on that day’s problem sets. On Fridays students meet in groups of four or five to work on research topics. This activity allows students to pursue a more in depth study of a focused aspect of the course material; in doing so they research books and articles that go beyond what is presented in class. This culminates in an in-class presentation in the final week of the program. Throughout the four weeks, there will be frequent guest lectures given by internationally renowned mathematicians. These talks pr
