MAT110-2 2016: Great Mathematical Ideas

Topic outline

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  General

  • News forum
  • MAT2-110 Great Mathematical Ideas syllabus 10-16 File
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  Week 1

  • Monday, October 3

  • Reading assignment for Monday Page
  • Tuesday, October 4

  • Reading and recommended homework for Tuesday Page
  • Post your responses here Forum
  • Wednesday, October 5

  • Reading and recommended homework for Wednesday Page
  • Here is the web site for cobweb and time series I showed--pretty nice! URL
  • Thursday, October 6

  • Reading and recommended homework for Thursday Page
  • Friday, October 7

  • Reading and recommended homework for Friday Page
  • Directions for using Excel from your laptop are here URL
  • Monday, October 10

  • Reading and recommended homework for Monday Page
  • Quiz 1 solution File
  • Tuesday, October 11

  • Reading and recommended homework for Tuesday Page
  • Video to help with Chapter 12 reading (Feigenbaum's number) URL
  • Some double pendulum videos Page
  • Bifurcation diagram for cubic map URL
  • Wednesday, October 12

  • Exam 1 outline Page
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  Week 2

  • Thursday, October 13

  • Reading and recommended homework for Thursday Page
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  • Friday, October 14

  • The median score on Exam 1 was 61, which is 76.25%

  • Exam 1 solution File
  • Fractal generating web link URL
  • Reading and recommended homework for Friday Page
  • Monday, October 17

  • Reading and recommended homework for Monday Page
  • Quiz 2 solution File
  • Wikipedia explains Barnsley's Black Spleenwort fern IFS URL
  • Box counting links I used in class on Monday Page
  • Tuesday, October 18

  • Nice solutions

    

  • Complex number calculator for Tuesday activity & hw URL
  • Reading and recommended homework for Tuesday Page
  • Wednesday, October 19

  • Reading and recommended homework for Wednesday Page
  • The median score on the laptop exam was 29, which is 73%

  • Thursday, October 20

  • Reading and recommended homework for Thursday Page
  • Definitive Mandelbrot set video (not zoom video): Fractals The Color of Infinity URL
  • Really nice Mandelbrot set explorer (uses Javascript and HTML5) URL
  • Friday, October 21

  • Exam 2 outline Page
  • Link for recommended summary of Ch. 21 to 25 topics URL
  • Final projects information Page
  • Succinct advice about final projects and presentations Page
  • Additional information about projects, papers, and presentations Page
  • Post your project topics here Forum
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  Week 3

  • Monday, October 24

  • Exam 2 solutions File
  • The median score on Exam 2 was 60, which is 75%

  • Tuesday, October 25

  • Presentations titles and order File