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| Week | Date | What to read
for class |
Homework Problems from
the section |
HW
Due |
| 1 | Feb. 11 | Surfing Book, 1.1, try stories 1-5 (try me) | ||
| Feb. 13 | p. ix-xii, 1.2, 1.4, try stories 6-8 (try me) | Ch 1 (pp26-30): 1, 3, 5 (about 5), 8, additional assignment | 2/17 | |
| 2 | Feb. 17 | 4.1, bring kit to class | 4.1: I.3, I.7, I.10 | 2/21 |
| Feb. 18 | 4.3 (bring calculator to class) | |||
| Feb. 20 | 4.3 | 4.3 I.2, I.4, I.7, II.1, II.2 | 2/21 | |
| Feb. 21 | 4.5 (try me) bring book and 3D glasses to class | 4.5 I.1, I.3 (help), I.10, II.1 (help) | 2/28 | |
| 3 | Feb. 24 | 4.5 | ||
| Feb. 25 | 4.7 (dimensional basics) (spheres) | 4.7: I.1, I.2, I.4, I.5, I.7, II.1 | 2/28 | |
| Feb. 27 | 4.7
(folding
cubes)
(cubes fall through flatland) |
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| Feb. 28 | 2.1 | 2.1 I: 3, 7, 9 | 3/10 | |
| 4 | Mar. 3 | 2.2 | ||
| Mar. 4 | Review | Test 1 | ||
| Mar. 6 | 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. |
3/10 | |
| Mar. 7 | 2.3 | 2.3 I: 2, 7, 9, 10, 18 II: 7 | 3/14 | |
| 5 | Mar. 10 | 2.3 | ||
| Mar. 11 | 2.4 | I: 1, 2, 5, 8 II: 7 | 3/14 | |
| Mar. 13 | 2.4 | |||
| Mar. 14 | 2.4 | |||
| 6 | Mar. 17 | 3.1 | I.3, I.4, I.6, II.1, II.5 | 3/21 |
| Mar. 18 | 3.2 | I.3, I.9, I.11, II.5, II.7, III.1 | 3/21 | |
| Mar. 20 | 3.2 | |||
| Mar. 21 | 3.3 | I.4, I.6, I.9, II.1, II.4 | ||
| 7 | Mar. 24 | 3.3/3.4 | ||
| Mar. 25 | 3.4 | I.1, I.6, I.8, II.1 | 3/26 12:00pm | |
| Mar. 27 | Review/Questions | Test 2 | ||
| Mar. 28 | No Class | |||
| 9 | Apr. 7 | 5.1 | I: 4, 6, 18, 20 II: 1,2 III: 5 | 4/11 |
| Apr. 8 | 5.1 | Bring kit to class (pencil and string) | ||
| Apr. 10 | 5.2 | |||
| Apr. 11 | 5.2 | I: 3, 4, 17, 19 II: 7 III: 1 | 4/17 | |
| 10 | Apr. 14 | 5.3 (try me) | ||
| Apr. 15 | 5.3 | I.2, I.4, I.8, I.16, II.1, II.4 | 4/17 | |
| Apr. 17 | 6.1/6.2 | 6.1 I: 2, 6 (do but don't turn in) | ||
| 11 | Apr. 22 | 6.2 | 6.2 I:3, 8, 9, 10, 18 II:4 | 4/25 |
| Apr. 24 | 6.3 | |||
| Apr. 25 | 6.3 | I: 8, 9, 15, 16, 18 II: 2 |