Good morning [Monday].  Welcome to Math. 629, History of 
Mathematics, an Internet course.  Please do the following:

    1.  Immediately reply to this message, confirming that you 
are in contact (even if you sent me e-mail last week).

    2.  If you have not already done so very recently, look 
thoroughly at the course Web page,

    http://calclab.math.tamu.edu/~fulling/m629/

especially the formal course handout (posted Saturday) and the 
lecture and assignments for Week 1.

    3.  Take the therein indicated actions; in particular, most 
urgently:

    A)  Read the first two chapters of the online text.

    B)  Acquire a book (of your choice) on the general history of 
mathematics.

    C)  Submit a brief self-description (see the top item in 
"Assignments") to  fulling@tamu.edu .

    4.  Log into WebCT,

    https://webct.tamu.edu

using your NEO username and password.  There you will find a 
Math. 629 course page with almost nothing on it so far.  If you 
agree to make your self-description public, please try to post it 
in the "notes" discussion group there (in addition to e-mailing 
it to me).  If you have trouble accessing or using WebCT, e-mail 
me and I'll tell you that I don't have a clue; then I'll find 
someone else who can help us.

    I will do my best to offer you an enjoyable and profitable 
semester.

                                    Stephen A. Fulling
                                    Professor of Mathematics
                                    Texas A&M University