Exploring Modern Mathematics

Meeting Times and Locations:
Section A: MWF, 9:40 am - 10:30 am, ROWELL HLTH 110
Section B: MWF, 10:50 am - 11:40 am, ROWELL HLTH 111

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

The respository of reflections. Due dates for reflections listed in the schedule below.
The problem bank. Quizzes on assigned problems will always be after their due date listed below.

Schedule Of Due Dates

Reflection (Calculators and Really Small Numbers, date: Friday, August 30 )
Quiz (Understanding Logarithms, date: Friday, September 6)
Quiz (Understanding How to Count Numbers Between Numbers, date: Friday, September 13)
Reflection (Coin Tossing, date: Monday,September 16)
Reflection (Ranked Choice Voting, date: Wednesday, September 18)
Quiz (Understanding the Multiplication Principle, date: Friday, September 20)
Quiz (Understanding the Subtraction Principle, date:Friday, September 27)
Quiz (Understanding Collections, date: Friday, October 4)
Reflection (Expected Values are Everywhere, date: Wednesday,October 9)
Quiz (Understanding Burlington's 2009 Mayoral Election, date: Wednesday, October 9)
Reflection (Bernoulli's Game, date: Monday, October 14)
Reflection (The Monty Hall Problem, date: Wednesday, October 16)
MIDTERM MAKE UP QUIZZES, Friday, October 18
Quiz (Understanding Slime Molds, date: Friday, October 25)
Reflection (Seven Bridges of Koenigsberg, date: Wednesday, October 30)
Reflection (3 Houses and 2 Utilities, date: Friday, November 1)
Quiz (Understanding Set Theory (problems from both subsections are fair game), date: Friday, November 1)
Quiz (Understanding p-values, date: ~~Friday, November 8~~ Wednesday, November 13)
Quiz (Understanding the Koenigsberg Bridges Problem, date: Friday, November 15)
Reflection (Prisoner Problem, date: Wednesday, November 20)
Quiz (Understanding the Three Houses Three Utilities Problem, date: ~~Friday, November 22~~ Friday, December 6)
FINAL MAKE UP QUIZZES (NO MAKEUPS FOR MAKEUPS)