MATC 1150 - Great Ideas of Mathematics.


Notices

As you work on the Mindscapes and the Problem Sets, keep in mind the differences in what is expected and how they will be graded (i.e. read the syllabus).

Course Documents

Mindscapes

AssignmentDate AssignedDate Due
Section 8.1: 3, 8, 14, 18, 23 Wed
May 20
Wed
May 27
Section 7.5: 1, 7, 13, 22 Wed
May 13
Mon
May 18
Section 7.4: 10, 12, 16, 36 Mon
May 11
Mon
May 18
Section 7.3: 20, 23, 32, 39 Wed
May 6
Mon
May 11
Section 3.2: 5, 7, 15, 31 Mon
Apr 20
Mon
Apr 27
Section 2.7: 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 22 Wed
Apr 15
Mon
Apr 20
Section 2.6: 2, 4, 13, 29 Mon
Apr 13
Wed
Apr 15
Section 2.4: 1-5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 22, 26 Wed
Apr 8
Mon
Apr 13
Section 2.3: 2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17
Due date extended to Apr 13 from Apr 8 since I was out of town.
Wed
Apr 1
Mon
Apr 13
Section 2.2: 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 18, 21 Mon
Mar 30
Wed
Apr 1
Section 2.1: 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19 Wed
Mar 25
Mon
Mar 30

Problem Sets

AssignmentDate AssignedDate Due
Problem Set 3
Section 7.5: 7, 9
Section 8.1: 22, 31, 36, 37

This problem set will be worth double. Remember that all the problem sets will be held to a higher standard than the MindScape exercises. You really need to plan ahead to work on these throughout the week and a half you've been given. If you have any questions, talk with your classmates and come to my office hours.

Mon
May 18
Fri
May 29
Bonus Points for Problem Set 1 Solutions
Prove that the square root of 5 cannot be written as a fraction.
Section 2.2: 38
Section 2.3: 18
Section 2.4: 29
Mon
Apr 27
Fri
May 1
by noon
Problem Set 2 - Solutions to Problem Set 2 (pdf)
Section 2.6: 32, 37
Section 2.7: 26, 35
Section 3.2: 16, 17, 18
Running Wed
May 6
Problem Set 1 - Solutions to Problem Set 1 (3mb pdf)
Section 2.1: 16, 17, 18
Section 2.2: 10, 11, 40
Section 2.3: 30, 31, 35
Section 2.4: 32, 34, 38
No more problems will be assigned for Problem Set 1.
I've pushed this due date back to Wed Apr 15 (from Mon Apr 13) because I had accidently written Wed Apr 14 on the website.
Running Wed
Apr 15

Reading and Misc Work

AssignmentDate AssignedDate Due
Read pp 634 - 635
pp 645 - top 1/2 of 651
Wed
May 20
Wed
May 27
Write up the 5 problems from the quiz on Monday to turn in on Wednesday. As I said in class, your quiz score will be the average of the scores you get on the in class quiz and the take home version. Mon
May 18
Wed
May 20
Read pp 571-573 Mon
May 11
Wed
May 13
Read pages 554 to the top half of 556. Given the shortness of this assignment, read it several times to make sure you understand every bit of it. Wed
May 6
Mon
May 11
Read Chapter 7, Section 3 Mon
May 4
Wed
May 6
Read Chapter 7, Section 1 Wed
Apr 29
Mon
May 4
Read pp 145 - 155 Mon
Apr 20
Wed
Apr 22
Read pp 125 - 126, 137 Wed
Apr 15
Mon
Apr 20
Read pp 110 - 111
We're skipping section 2.5.
Wed
Apr 8
Mon
Apr 13
Read pp 74 - 75 (Fermat's Last Theorem)
Read pp 82 - top of 86. Go over this several times, in several sittings. Some of the details may be tricky so take the time to make sure you understand it.
Wed
Apr 1
Wed
Apr 8
Read Section 2.2 in the text closely. (This is the material we discussed in class on Monday.)
Also read pp 64 - 67 in Section 2.3.
Mon
Mar 30
Wed
Apr 1
Read Section 2.1 in the text closely. This is the material we covered in class on Wednesday but there are a few historial items we skipped and hopefully the concepts will be clearer now that we've discussed them. Wed
Mar 25
Mon
Mar 30
Read all introductory parts of the book (everything before Chapter 1) and each of the 8 one page introductions to the chapters. Rank chapters 3 through 8 in order of your personal interest. Write a few sentences explaining your top two choices. These rankings will influence which chapters we cover in this course. Mon
Mar 23
Wed
Mar 25

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