Thursday, November 29, 2012

Week 14 Homework (28Nov12)

10.1:  1,3,5,11,13,15,27,29,37
10.2:  13,15,17,19,21

Due 05Dec12

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Week 12 homework (7Nov12)


9.5:  1,3,5,19,21,23,25,31,33
9.7:  11,13,17,19,51,53,55,57
9.8:  1,3,5,11,13,15,45,47,49

Due 14Nov12

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Golden Ratio

Last night I spoke about the golden ratio.  It comes about as one of the roots of x^2 -x -1 =0

Most of what I spoke about last night was forklore.  It looks close but isn't exact and what is math but exact. 

Here is some more information:

Defined:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

Myths:
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/pseudo/fibonacc.htm
http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_05_07.html

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Advice for Beginners

Original Link here

Week 11 homework (31Oct12)

9.1: 1,3,5,11,13,29,30,47,53
9.2:  1,3,5,7,17,19,21,23,25,27
9.3:  1,3,5,9,11,23
9.4:  1,3,7,9,11,25,27,31,59,61,63

Due 7Nov12

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Week 9 homework (24Oct12)

Read 9.1 and 9.2 
Work a few of the sample problems on your own. 

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Week 8 Homework (17Oct12)

8.2:  1,3,19,21,25,27,29,33,35
8.3: 3,5,7,11,13,21
8.4:  1,3,5,25,41
8.5:  1,12,16,24

Due 31Oct12

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Solution Guide for Exam 3 Sample

The Solution Guide for the Exam 3 Sample has been posted.

Week 7 Homework (03Oct12)

4.4:  1,3,7,9, 17,19,31,35,39
4.5:  3,5,7,17,19,21,39,41,45,47,49

Due 10Oct12

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Week 4 Homework (12Sept12)

7.4:  3,9,12,29,51
7.5:  5,7,16,19,27
7.6:  1,5,13,21,40

Due 19Sept12

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Week 2 Homework (29Aug12)

6.3: 3,5,25,41,45,59,61
6.4: 7,9,11,43,45
6.5: 25,47,65
Due 5Sept12

Week 1 Homework (22Aug12)

6.1: 23,25,31,33,51,53,61,71
6.2: 1,9,11,13,21,23,33,35,49
Short paragraph on your goals for this class or concerns about math.
Due 29Aug12