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Writing one’s own textbook, which is basically what the students do, is not for everyone. According to the Mathematics Department site, Math 55 is tailored for the dedicated: “You want math to be your most important class...
...first day of Math 55, it’s standing room only, a trail mix of serious mathematicians and the curious hoping for a quick glimpse of notoriety. This tremendous turnout is an annual phenomenon. “The first day each year, all the math kids who understand what’s going on are scared,” says Math 55 veteran Scott D. Kominers ’09, “and all the non-math kids who don’t laugh, because they think the class is so hard it’s overkill...
After tourist season ends, another Math 55 ritual begins. Students may have more room to sit down, but the next few weeks will be anything but comfortable. It’s a game of “Survivor”: Outwit, Outplay, Outmath. Before the fifth Monday of the term, students who can’t seem to stay in the game start dropping like flies...
Case in point: Ameya A. Velingker ’10 took Advanced Placement calculus his freshman year and ranked in the top 12 for the USA Math Olympiad the year after that. “It was a tough decision to drop,” Velingker says. “You’re around all these people who are beasts at math. But I realized it was not going to work...
Midway through October, the “Survivor”-like competition intensifies with the add/drop deadline looming frighteningly near, only five days away. Today, the Math 55 contestants are faced with their most severe challenge yet: one test of six proofs, an entire class on the line...