JOEL LEWIS: Hi.
My name is Joel Lewis.
At the time of this recording in 2010
I'm a graduate student in the Math Department at MIT,
and I'm also a TA for OCW Scholar 18.01 and 18.02.
CHRISTINE BREINER: Hi.
I'm Christine Breiner.
I'm a Moore Instructor here at MIT and for OCW Scholar,
I'll be a teaching assistant for 18.01 and for 18.02.
DAVID JORDAN: My name is David Jordan
and I'm a graduate student here at MIT.
And I'm a TA for OpenCourseWare Scholar 18.02.
So I thought I would say a little bit about what we do
with recitations here at MIT.
So, the purpose of the recitations
is for you to apply what you've learned
in lecture towards solving specific concrete problems
and then for you to compare your solutions to those problems
with those of your TA.
CHRISTINE BREINER: The purpose of the recitations
on OCW Scholar is really the same purpose
that David described for recitations here at MIT.
What we want you to do is have an opportunity
to work varying levels of problems
and then see us give detailed solutions to those problems
so that you can see how we think about mathematics.
JOEL LEWIS: Almost all of our videos
have a natural moment where you can
pause after the problem's been stated.
And we really strongly suggest you work out
the problem on a piece of paper before going back to the video
and seeing our solutions.
This will help you do mathematics
rather than be able just to see mathematics.
Hope you enjoy the course.