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| Prof. Moira McDermott | Prof. Preston Nichols |
| Week | Date | What to read
for class |
Homework Problems from
the section |
HW
Due |
|
| 1 | Sep. 5 | p. ix-xii, 1.1/1.2, stories 1-5 (try me) | |||
| 2 | Sep. 8 | Surfing Book, 1.1/1.2 stories 6-8 (try me) | 1.4: Ch 1 (pp26-30): 1, 3, 5 (about 5), 8, additional assignment | 9/12 | |
| Sep. 9 | 4.1, bring kit to class | 4.1: I.3, I.7, I.10 | 9/12 | ||
| Sep. 11 | 4.1/4.3 bring kit to class again & calculator | 4.3 | |||
| Sep. 12 | 4.3, bring calculator | 4.3 I.2 (find the painting online here or here), I.4, I.7, II.1, II.2 | 9/19 | ||
| 3 | Sep. 15 | 4.3 | |||
| Sep. 16 | 4.5 pp268-276, bring book and 3D glasses to class (try me) | 4.5 I.1, I.3 (help), I.10, II.1 (help) | 9/19 | ||
| Sep. 18 | 4.5 (duality) pp276-284 | ||||
| Sep. 19 | 4.7 (dimensional basics) (spheres) | 4.7: I.1, I.2, I.4, I.5, I.7, II.1 | |||
| 4 | Sep. 22 | 4.7 (folding
cubes)
(cubes fall through flatland) |
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| Sep. 23 | 4.7 | ||||
| Sep. 25 | Test 1 | ||||
| Sep. 26 | 2.1 | 2.1 I: 3, 7, 9 Note: In I.9, two matched pairs means two black pairs or two blue pairs |
10/3 | ||
| 5 | Sep. 29 | 2.2 | |||
| Sep. 30 | 2.2 | 2.2 I: 1, 3, 10, 11, 13 II: 4, 5
Note: some copies of the textbook may have a typo in statement of I.3. You should look for a pattern in (F_n+1)^2-(F_n-1)^2. |
10/3 | ||
| Oct. 2 | 2.2 | ||||
| Oct. 3 | 2.3 | 2.3 I: 2, 7, 9, 10, 18 II: 7 | 10/10 | ||
| 6 | Oct. 6 | 2.3 | |||
| Oct. 9 | 2.4 | 2.4 I: 1, 2, 5, 8 II: 7 | 10/16 | ||
| Oct. 10 | 2.4 | ||||
| 7 | Oct. 13 | 3.1 | 3.1 I.3, I.4, I.6, II.1, II.5 | 10/16 | |
| Oct. 14 | 3.2 | ||||
| Oct. 16 | 3.2 | 3.2 I.3, I.9, I.11, II.5, II.7, III.1 | 10/24 | ||
| 8 | Oct. 21 | 3.3 | 3.3 I.4, I.6, I.9, II.1, II.4 | 10/24 | |
| Oct. 23 | 3.4 | 3.4 I.1, I.6, I.8, II.1 | 10/24 | ||
| Oct. 24 | 3.4 | ||||
| 9 | Oct. 27 | Test 2 | |||
| Oct. 28 | 5.1 | I: 4, 6, 18, 20 II: 1,2 III: 5 | 10/31 | ||
| Oct. 30 | 5.1 | Bring kit to class (pencil and string) | |||
| Oct. 31 | 5.2 | I: 3, 4, 17, 19 II: 7 III: 1 | 11/7 | ||
| 10 | Nov. 3 | 5.2 | |||
| Nov. 4 | 5.3 | I.2, I.4, I.8, I.16, II.1, II.4 (help for II.4) | 11/7 | ||
| Nov. 6 | 5.3 | ||||
| Nov. 7 | 6.1/6.2 | 6.1 I: 2, 6 (do but don't turn in) | |||
| 11 | Nov. 10 | 6.2 | I:3, 8, 9, 10, 18 II:4 | 11/14 | |
| Nov. 11 | 6.3 | ||||
| Nov. 13 | 6.3 | I: 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19 II: 2 | 11/14 | ||
| Nov. 14 | 6.5 | ||||
| 12 | Nov. 17 | 7.1 | |||
| Nov. 18 | Test 3 |
