Math 55

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Math 55 is a two-semester long first-year undergraduate mathematics course at Harvard University, founded by Lynn Loomis and Shlomo Sternberg. The official titles of the course are Honors Abstract Algebra (Math 55a) and Honors Real and Complex Analysis (Math 55b). Previously, the official title was Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra.

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"Harvard Mathematics Department 21, 23, 25, or 55?". http://www.math.harvard.edu/pamphlets/freshmenguide.html.
Lee, Steve (October 16, 2003). "Math + 55 = Don't Try This at Home". Harvard Independent. http://www.harvardindependent.com/2003/10/math-55-dont-try-this-at-home/.
Chen, Susan A. (October 20, 1994). "In Math Department, It's Mostly Male". The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1994/10/20/in-math-department-its-mostly-male/.
"Math 55a Syllabus". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/harvard/55a/08/html/syl.html.
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Ury, Logan R. (December 6, 2006). "Burden of Proof". The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/6/burden-of-proof-at-1002-am/.
[https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/6/burden-of-proof-at-1002-am Burden of Proof", Logan R. Ury, Dec 6, The Crimson, 2006. "The final course drop forms are dutifully submitted, finalizing the class roster: 45 percent Jewish, 18 percent Asian, 100 percent male. The tribe has spoken."
Compare Elkies course page (2005) and McMullen course page (2008).
Rudin, Walter; Halmos, Paul R.; Spivak, Michael et al., eds. "Honors Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra, Spring 2005, texts, homework, course outline". https://archive.org/details/MATH25abHonorsMultivariableCalculusAndLinearAlgebraHarvard20042005TextsRudinHalmosSpivak/page/n9.
Loomis, Lynn H.; Sternberg, Shlomo (1990). Advanced Calculus (Revised ed.). Boston: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN 0-86720-122-3. https://archive.org/details/LoomisL.H.SternbergS.AdvancedCalculusRevisedEditionJonesAndBartlett. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
"Math 55 Course Description, 2006-2007". http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic92739.files/descr.pdf.
Rudin, Walter (1976). Principles of Mathematical Analysis (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-054235-X. https://archive.org/details/RudinW.PrinciplesOfMathematicalAnalysis3eMGH19769780070542358353S. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
Spivak, Michael (1965). Calculus on Manifolds. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-8053-9021-9. https://archive.org/details/SpivakM.CalculusOnManifolds_201703. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
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Halmos, Paul R. (1942). Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press. https://archive.org/details/finitedimensiona02halm. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
Huang, Susie Y. (January 6, 1999). "Math 55: Rite of Passage for Dept.'s Elite Intimidates Many". The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1999/1/6/math-55-rite-of-passage-for/?page=4.
Robinson, Evan T.R. (June 2, 2009). "Class of 1984: Lisa Randall". The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/6/2/class-of-1984-lisa-randall-as/. "As a college freshman, Lisa J. Randall '84 stood out for many reasons. In her first semester, she enrolled in Math 55 and Physics 55, the most difficult freshman math and physics classes offered."
Bhayani, Paras D. (June 4, 2007). "Andrei Shleifer and J. Bradford DeLong". The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2007/6/4/andrei-shleifer-and-j-bradford-delong/. ""Math 55 permanently disabused me of the idea of becoming a mathematician," Shleifer says. Though he would tough the class out and remain a math major, he says he became drawn to economics—a subject he knew nothing of in high school—after taking some introductory courses in the field." .
"Registrar data for Math 55" (Excel). https://www.math.berkeley.edu/~williams/55.xls.
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Sommers, Christina Hoff (March 2, 2008). "Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?". The American. https://www.aei.org/publication/why-cant-a-woman-be-more-like-a-man-3/. "Math 55 is advertised in the Harvard catalog as "probably the most difficult undergraduate math class in the country." It is legendary among high school math prodigies, who hear terrifying stories about it in their computer camps and at the Math Olympiads. Some go to Harvard just to have the opportunity to enroll in it. Its formal title is "Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra," but it is also known as "math boot camp" and "a cult." The two-semester freshman course meets for three hours a week, but, as the catalog says, homework for the class takes between 24 and 60 hours a week."
Elkies, Noam D.. "Lecture notes for Math 55a: Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra (Fall 2002)". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~elkies/M55a.02/index.html.
Elkies, Noam D.. "Lecture notes, etc., for Math 55b: Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra (Spring 200[2-3)"]. http://www.math.harvard.edu/~elkies/M55b.02/index.html.
Siu, Yum-Tong. "Mathematics 55a Syllabus". http://abel.math.harvard.edu/archive/55a_fall_03/syllabus/index.html.
Elkies, Noam D.. "Lecture notes for Math 55a: Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra (Fall 2005)". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~elkies/M55a.05/index.html.
McMullen, Curtis T.. "Math 55a: Honors Abstract Algebra". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/harvard/55a/08/html/index.html.
McMullen, Curtis T.. "Math 55b: Honors Real and Complex Analysis". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/harvard/55b/09/html/index.html.
McMullen, Curtis T.. "Math 55a: Honors Abstract Algebra". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/harvard/55a/09/html/index.html.
McMullen, Curtis T.. "Math 55b: Honors Real and Complex Analysis". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/harvard/55b/10/html/index.html.
Elkies, Noam D.. "Lecture notes for Math 55a: Honors Abstract Algebra (Fall 2010)". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~elkies/M55a.10/index.html.
Elkies, Noam D.. "Lecture notes, etc., for Math 55b: Honors Real and Complex Analysis (Spring [2010-2011)"]. http://www.math.harvard.edu/~elkies/M55b.10/index.html.
Elkies, Noam D.. "Lecture notes for Math 55a: Honors Abstract Algebra (Fall 2016)". http://www.math.harvard.edu/~elkies/M55a.16/index.html.
Auroux, Denis. "Math 55A Course Syllabus (Fall 2020)". https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/75936/assignments/syllabus.
Auroux, Denis. "Math 55B Course Syllabus (Spring 2021)". https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/79090/assignments/syllabus.
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