For Groups and Group Actions this term, I have used the 'menu' style of problems sheet.  Here are some short notes on how this works.  I hope that this will help students and tutors to know what I have in mind.  Please feel free to get in touch with feedback on the sheets and solutions (vicky.neale@maths).

There are three sections to the menu, explained in more detail below.  If you're a student, then I imagine that you will tackle all the questions in the main course, and I imagine that your tutor will want you to hand in your work on these questions.  Depending on how confident you're feeling with a particular topic, and how much time you have, you might choose to dip into one or both of the other two sections.  You can make different menu choices each week, depending on how you feel about the topic.

I have put the main course on one side of the sheet, and the starter and pudding on the other.

*Starter*
The problems in the Starter section of the menu are good if you want to get some practice.  You might want to warm up with these problems if you're not so confident with a particular topic, or you could return to them for consolidation later on if you want.  I'll provide solutions for these, so that you can check your own thinking, but I encourage you to try the questions for yourself before looking at my solutions.  Please feel free to discuss the questions with other students, collaboration can be really helpful for building understanding.

*Main course*
This section is designed for you to tackle in the usual way: think hard about the problems, collaborate with (but don't copy from!) other students if you like, hand in your work, discuss in the tutorial.  I'm not going to provide solutions for these problems.  I'd suggest that for most students the main course will be the priority, with the starter and pudding as optional extras, but feel free to discuss with your tutor.

*Pudding*
If, after the main course, you still have an appetite for a bit more, then please enjoy some pudding. These questions are not necessarily more challenging than those in the main course, but they might have a different style, prompt you to consider the material in a different way, or invite you to think ahead to future directions and applications for the material.  Where appropriate, I'll provide some notes so that you can check your thinking, but some questions might not lend themselves to having fully worked solutions.  It would be great if you discussed these questions with other students, it's good to share the pleasure of pudding!