Lectures	Sections in Text	Brief Description
Week 1 (3/28-3/30)	Ch 1-2	Linear algebra, LP and the simplex method
Week 2 (4/2-4/6)	Ch 2-3, 10	The simplex algorithm, Geometry and the Fundamental Theorem of LP
Week 3 (4/9-4/13)	Ch 5	Duality, Dual simplex method
Week 4 (4/16-4/20)	Ch 6-9	Simplex method in matrix notation, parametric analyses and implementation issues
4/17		First Hour Exam
4/17 (x-hour)		In class part with take-home due tomorrow
Week 5 (4/23-4/27)	Ch 4, 13	Complexity theory and the simplex method, network flows
Week 6 (4/30-5/4)	Ch 13-14, 11	Some combinatorics, applications of networks, matrix games and poker
5/1 (x-hour)	Class will meet in x-hour to make up for the second exam
5/2		Second Hour Exam
5/2		In class part with take-home due tomorrow
Week 7 (5/7-5/11)	Ch 11, 16	The Minimax Theorem, Interior point methods
Week 8 (5/14-5/18)	Ch 16	Interior point methods
Week 9 (5/21-5/25)	Ch 22-23	Integer and quadratic programming
5/28		No class: Memorial Day
Week 10 (5/30)	All	Review

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