MCS-115: The Nature of Mathematics (Fall 2007)
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Karl Knight
Course description
TJ Morrison
Announcements
Office Hours
:
Knight
(Olin 312, karl@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7479)
Morrison
(Olin 305, tjm@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7009)
Featured Useful Links
Textbook's Webpage
with various resources, some requiring registration.
Suggestions
from Previous Students
Fractals and Chaos Game (6.3)
Fractal antennas
(
fractal antenna company
)
Chaos Game
(Target Practice)
Chaos Game
applet
John Conway's Game of Life (6.2)
Game of Life
at www.math.com
Article
in Scientific American by Gardner
Alan Hensel's fast, powerful
life applet
with many complex starting patterns
Alan Hensel's life applet can also be found
here
Euler Characteristic (5.3)
Polyhedral Torus
you can rotate, made from regular polygons
Möbius band and Klein bottle (5.2)
Möbius band
Möbius bands and recycling
Lego mobius bands and Klein bottles
Biography of Möbius
Klein bottles
Klein bottle you can rotate
(Mathworld)
Pictures of Klein bottle
Klein bottle image
(John Sullivan)
Another good picture of a Klein bottle
Movies of Klein bottle
(various formats)
Large Klein bottle
(from movie)
Klein bottle with grid
Klein bottle in 4D space
(Banchoff)
Klein bottle products
Torus and Klein Bottle Games
Tentative Test Dates
Monday, September 24, evening
Wednesday, October 24, evening
Monday, November 19, evening
Final: Tuesday, December 18, 8:00-10:00 am