Exploring Modern Mathematics (Math 1077)
I went on medical leave and the class was moved to Brightspace
Exploring Modern Mathematics
SECTION A: MWF 2:20pm-3:10pm in VOTEY BLDG 105 (8/28 to 12/8)
SECTION B: MWF 3:30pm-4:20pm in WILLIAMS HALL 301 (8/28 to 12/8)
Here is the syllabus for the course.
Here is a list of the stories for the course.
- Main Textbook: Excursions in Modern Mathematics (10th Edition) by Tannenbaum Link
- Supplemental Textbook: The Magic of Mathematics by Gross and Harris
- Supplemental Book: How Not To Be Wrong by Ellenberg Link
Schedule Of Reflections (subject to change!)
Here is the respository of reflections.
- Calculators and Really Small Numbers, date: Wednesday, August 30
- Coin Tossing, due: Monday, September 18
- Expected Values are Everywhere date: Wednesday, September 20
- Bernoulli's Game, date: Friday, September 11
- The Monty Hall Problem, date: Wednesday, October 4; also Monday October 16 [during Prof Dupuy's Covid this got mixed up]
- Ranked Choice Voting, date: Wednesday, October 4; also Monday October 16 [during Prof Dupuy's Covid this got mixed up]
- Seven Bridges of Koenigsberg, date: Wednesday, November 1
- 3 Houses and 3 Utilities, date: Friday, November 3
- Prisoner Problem, date:
Schedule Of Quizzes (subject to change!)
Here is the problem bank for the quizzes.
- Quiz 01 (Understanding Logarithms, date:Friday, Sept 8)
- Quiz 02 (Understanding How to Count Numbers Between Numbers, date: Friday, September 15)
- Quiz 03 (Understanding the Multiplication Principle, date: Friday, September 15)
- Quiz 04 (Understanding the Subtraction Principle, date: Friday, September 22)
- Quiz 05 (Understanding Collections, date:
Friday, September 29 Wednesday, October 4)
- Quiz 06 (Understanding Basic Set Theory (Appendix A), date:
Friday, October 6 Wednesday, October 11)
- MIDTERM MAKE UP QUIZZES, date: Friday, October 27
- Quiz (Understanding Burlington's 2009 Mayoral Election, date: Friday, November 3)
- Quiz (Understanding Slime Molds, date: Monday, November 6)
- Quiz (Understanding the Koenigsberg Bridges Problem, date: )
- Quiz (Understanding the Three Houses Three Utilities Problem, date: )