E-mail your instructor: laurel.langford@uwrf.edu
Office hours: 10:00-11:30 MWF, NH 206F
Syllabus
Schedule and assignments
| Tuesday | Thursday | |
| Sept 5 | Equivalence by deformation (topology) |
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| Sept 12 | Equivalence by deformation 3-D problems Practice #1 and 2 on this page |
Moebius stuff. Practice the rest of the problems (#3-6), but especially be prepared to do problems like #6 |
| Sept 19 | Homework due Sept 27 in class Tonight--start working on the homework. |
Smiley's, graphs and origami paper |
| Sept 26 | Traceable graphs. Practice # 1-8 here. (This quiz delayed until Tuesday Oct 4 due to technical difficulties) | Modular arithmetic. This is section 2.4 Crazy Clocks and Checking Out Bars Practice problems |
| Oct 3 | UPC codes | More UPC codes also in section 2.4 Crazy Clocks and Checking Out Bars (pg 82) Practice problems |
| Oct 10 | Still more UPC codes--finding missing digits in odd numbered places. Practice problems |
Probability with 2-dice Practice problems |
| Oct 17 | Probability with 2 and 3 dice: all the same and all different Practice problems |
Probability with the birthday problem |
| Oct 24 | Midterm Exam | |
| Oct 31 | Prime numbers Practice problems |
Proving there are infinitely many prime numbers, and homework Homework assignment: pg. 77 # 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Practice for a very short quiz |
| Nov 7 | The Art Gallery Problem (Sec 4.2 pg 218) practice problems |
There will be a quiz with 1 more art gallery problem. Mostly, you should read 6.1 and 6.3, and come with 2 questions about fractals. |
| Nov 14 | Counting and measuring fractals: practice problems | Fractal dimension In the book this is section 6.6 which starts on page 503. Here are the practice problems |
| Nov 21 | Happy Thanksgiving | |
| Nov 28 | Polyhedra Practice problems |
More Polyhedra |
| Dec 5 | Fourth dimension! Practice problems |
Fourth dimensional prisms Practice problems |
| Dec 12 | ||
| Dec 19 | Final exam Dec 22 1-3 pm |