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Schedule for Math 103, Spring 2007 (tentative),
(in pdf format,
ready to print)
| Week |
Day |
Ch. |
Topics |
| 1/22-1/26 |
1 |
1 |
Introduction |
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2 |
1 |
Fun and Games |
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3 |
1 |
Fun and Games |
| 1/29 – 2/2 |
4 |
2 |
Number Contemplation, Counting, Numerical
Patterns |
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5 |
2 |
Numerical Patterns, Prime cuts |
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6 |
2 |
Prime cuts |
| 2/5 – 2/9 |
7 |
2 |
Crazy Clocks and Checking out bars |
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8 |
2 |
Public Secret Codes |
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9 |
2 |
The Irrational side of numbers |
| 2/12 – 2/16 |
10 |
3 |
Infinity, Beyond Numbers |
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11 |
3 |
Comparing the Infinite |
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12 |
3 |
The Missing Number |
| 2/19 – 2/23 |
13 |
3 |
An Infinite Galaxy of Infinities |
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14 |
3 |
Infinite within geometry |
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15 |
4 |
Geometric Gems, Pythagoras |
| 2/26 – 3/2 |
16 |
4 |
A view of an art gallery |
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17 |
4 |
The sexiest rectangle |
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18 |
4 |
Tiling the plane |
| 3/5 – 3/9 |
19 |
4 |
Platonic solids |
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20 |
4 |
Shape of reality, the fourth dimension |
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21 |
5 |
Contortions of Space, Rubber sheet geometry |
| 3/12 – 3/16 |
22 |
5 |
Mobius band, Klein bottle |
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23 |
5 |
Edges, sides, vertices |
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24 |
5 |
Knots and links |
| 3/19 – 3/23 |
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SPRING BREAK |
| 3/26 – 3/30 |
25 |
6 |
Chaos and Fractals, The dynamics of change |
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26 |
6 |
Fractals |
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27 |
6 |
Imaginary fractals |
| 4/2 – 4/6 |
28 |
6 |
Predetermined chaos |
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29 |
6 |
Between dimensions |
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30 |
7 |
Taming Uncertainty, Chance surprises |
| 4/9 – 4/13 |
31 |
7 |
How to measure uncertainty |
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32 |
7 |
Random thoughts |
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33 |
7 |
Systematic counting |
| 4/16 – 4/20 |
34 |
7 |
Power and pitfalls of statistics |
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35 |
7 |
Describing data |
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36 |
7 |
Making inferences from data |
| 4/23 – 4/27 |
37 |
8 |
Deciding Wisely, Great Expectations |
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38 |
8 |
Risk |
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39 |
8 |
Money Matters |
| 4/30 – 5/4 |
40 |
8 |
Elections |
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41 |
8 |
Slicing up the resources |
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42 |
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Other topics |
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