March 17, 2008
The 2008 Kossack Prize calculus exam will be given on Friday, April 4, 2008, 4:30-6:30, Room 304, Boyd Graduate Studies Building.
The awards for the top three finishers will consist of certificates and modest cash prizes (totaling about $300), to be presented at the Mathematics Department Awards Day.
Any undergraduate student who has not taken the test before and who will have completed MATH 2260, MATH 2310H, or MATH 2410H in any semester between spring 2007 and spring 2008 (inclusive) is eligible. Any first-year student who earned AP credit for MATH 2260 during fall 2007 is also eligible. The exam is based on the standard topics in MATH 2250-2260, but not including sequences, series, or vectors.
See the webpage http://www.math.uga.edu/undergraduate/departmental_syllabi.html
Students interested in taking the Kossack Prize exam should register with Julie McEver by sending an email to julie@math.uga.edu. The email registration should include: name, student I.D. number, phone number, e-mail address, major, list of calculus courses taken (including semester, year, instructor's name, and grade).
The award honors Carl F. Kossack, a retired member of the university's Mathematics and Statistics Departments. The grant supporting the prize was provided by one of Kossack's former calculus students in appreciation of Kossack's dedication to superior teaching.
The 2008 Kossack Award Committee consist of, Roy Smith and Victor Kreiman.
