Great Ideas in Math

Syllabus, Spring 2008

graphical schedule below

This syllabus is tentative. Read each section before class, begin the homework, and finish after the lecture. Keeping up to date is especially important in this class. You are expected to spend an average of two hours on each assignment.

Date Section Assignment
W 1/16 1.1, 1.2 p.13 #1-7
F 1/18 1.3 p.20 #1-7
M 1/21 Martin Luther King Day
W 1/23 1.4 p.33 #1,2,3,6,7,10
F 1/25 1.5 p.41 #2,3,5,7,9
M 1/28 1.6 p.54 #1,2,5,8,9
W 1/30 1.7 p.63 #1,2,5a,d,6,7
F 2/1 1.8 p.73 #3,4c,d,6,8,9
M 2/4 Review
W 2/6 Test 1
F 2/8 2.1, 2.2 p.82 #1b,d,f,2
M 2/11 2.3 p.91 #1b,c,2a,c,e,4,6a,b,f,g,7c
W 2/13 2.4 p.100 #1,2,3
F 2/15 2.5 p.105 #1,2,3,4a,c,f,g,j,l; p.113 #1d
M 2/18 2.6 p.113 #1b,c,2,3,6
W 2/20 2.7 p.121 #1b,c,2b,c,3b,c,4a,c,e
F 2/22 Catch up
M 2/25 2.8 p.126 #1,3,6 or 7(equipment needed)
W 2/27 Review
F 2/29 Test 2 Chapter 2
☺ Spring Break ☺Relax. Have fun. (Catch up?)
M 3/10 4.1, 4.2 p.194 #2,4,5,6,7
W 3/12 4.3 p.203 #1,3,4,5,7
F 3/14 4.4 p.214 #1,3,5,7
M 3/17 4.5 p.223 #1,2a-d,3a,b,c(30 rolls),4a-e
W 3/19 4.4 revisited Handout
F 3/21 Good Friday
W 3/19 4.6 p.235 #1a,b,2,3,4,6,7b,c
W 3/26 4.8 p.258 #1,3,5,6,10
F 3/28 4.9 p.267 #1,2,4
M 3/31 Review
W 4/2 Test 3 Chapter 4
F 4/4 5.1, 5.2 p.276 #1a,b,e,2,3a
M 4/7 5.2 p.277 #1c,d,e,f,3b,c,d,e,5,6
W 4/9 5.3 p.282 #1-6,7a,c,d,8,9
F 4/11 5.4 p.289 #1,2,4,5,11
M 4/14 5.5 p.293 #1-5
W 4/16 Review
F 4/18 Test 4 Chapter 5
M 4/21 6.1, 6.2 p.308 proof of Lemma 1 steps 2-8,10-11; p.311 read proof
W 4/23 " p.309 proof of FTOA Part I steps 0-5 ; p.311 proof steps 0-10
F 4/25 6.3, 6.6 puzzle, p.321 #1-7
M 4/28 " p.313 Proof steps 0-7; p.322 Proof steps 0-4
W 4/30 Review, evaluations ---
T 5/6 Final Exam, 1-3 pm Chapters 1,2,4,5,6

syllabus spring 2008


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