19.567 — Thesis Preparation

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Our puzzle:

Your advisor has suggested that you take an introductory course in preparation for your thesis work next year, but being as advisors can be, he seems to have forgotten which course he was going to suggest that you take. In fact, he can't seem to remember anything at all about the course, not the professor's name nor the name of the related series of introductory courses. However, he does have one important piece of information. The series of courses are typically taught in 3-343 at noon, 7 pm, and 8 pm on Monday through Thursday.

Oh, and there's one more thing. Although it is possible to find the syllabus for these classes in a variety of places around campus, and you probably will want to pick up a copy of the syllabus, the course you'll want to look into is not on the regular listing. Hmm, it must have somethign to do with this list of numbers....

2,3,4  6,1,3  5,1,1
1,1,4  9,2,4  5,3,1
8,3,1  3,1,7  3,3,3
2,3,1  4,3,2  8,3,1

Errata: The Faculty have issued a set of verified replacement numbers for this course.

6,1,8  4,4,3  4,1,1
2,4,3  1,3,3  9,5,3
7,3,1  2,1,7  5,2,2
3,3,1  8,1,5  7,3,1

Hint: This deals with Athena mini-courses.