Semester page for ECON4120 - Autumn 2015

(Important enough to warrant a separate message I think.)

I: The exam is open-book: You are allowed to bring any books/papers, in any language, with or without notes/annotations (yours or anyone else's).  

II: You must justify your answers. An answer without calculations is not that much worth. And it must be legible. It need not be calligraphic, the grading committees know very well that you are working under a time-constraint, and they have seen all sorts of ugly handwriting. (Also, don't try to bluff by switching to illegible handwriting on what you do not know, they have seen that too many times too.)

Good luck! 
- Nils

• I found out that at least two of the three "Old exams" folders had no English version of the most recent exam problem set. Nobody has complained. Was the last one correct, or have only (at most) Norwegian-speaking students opened the set?
• I've had no requests. (Well one, but that was clarified by e-mail.) Defaulting to "in a nutshell" lecture unless I get requests.
• Remember it is not the ordinary room.

- Nils

I've had one request, so here is a link to notes covering some of the problems assigned for this semester's seminar #9.

I cancel today's consultation hours (for reasons obvious to those who attended yesterday's session) and the two next (because most of you will be occupied with exams, and likely not have had time to gather any questions by December 1st).

But feel free to send an e-mail and/or knock on my door if you need to meet; not today though.

- Nils

We are done with curriculum.  The last lecture, a review lecture, is postponed until Thursday 10th, usual time - but different room, namely Aud2. 

• First hour I will review the last ordinary exam.
  • That is my usual routine for these lectures, and I decided to follow it despite that exam being on the hard side (a different scale was used for grading this one).
  • This exam is now uploaded.
• For the second hour, I solicit requests - by the evening before at the latest.
  • Or, I will (likely) default to my usual summary lecture. 

Good luck with your other exams. 

- Nils

In yesterday's lecture, I suggested a review on that day. If that is inconvenient, please let me know ASAP (i.e. by the week-end).

This lecture will replace Thursday 19th; I will be done with the curriculum - polynomial approximations - on Monday. 

Given that I am a bit delayed, the problem set is a bit premature until Monday. Which of course is an issue, given that the lecture ends 1800 and the seminar starts 0815 the following morning.

Those of you in the Tuesday group can safely skip 138a, at least. 

- Nils

It seems that the schedule has not been updated. I have e-mailed to get a confirmation, but here is what was booked:

• The seminar is moved to 1215, room HH101. 
• The lecture is moved to 1615, the usual auditorium 7.

Thank you to the students who objected.

Yes, the assignment tells you to invert the matrix, but that is not part of problem 69 part (a). Disregard - or, by all means, calculate the inverse. - Nils

For the next seminars, please choose the problem you found hardest, and submit as much as you managed to do with it.  I (Nils) will collect your sheets from the seminar leaders to learn what you found difficult and how close you got to a solution.  - Nils

Someone outside this Department took down the exams collection folder last Tuesday (?). I hope it does not happen again. It should be accessible now. - Nils

The seminar problems document has been updated with provisional problem sets for the rest of the semester - with reservations for possible changes (which will be announced here in the Messages section). - Nils

Extensions of the integral concept will be postponed to allow for more time on integrals and differential equations. - Nils

Problem 32 is quite a lot of work, and will be saved for later.

The problem set will shortly be updated with assignments for a few weeks ahead; changes may occur, watch this space.

- Nils