MCS-115 -- The Nature of Mathematics
Fall 2004
MCS-115 homepage
Assignments and class schedule
Useful Links Archive
Tentative Schedule
Homework Guidelines and Solutions
Project
Charles Pastor
Preston Nichols
Announcements
Exam 4 topics (
pdf
) (
postscript
)
Course description
Office Hours
:
Pastor
(Olin 302, cpastor@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7464)
Nichols
(Olin 308, pnichols@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7151)
Featured Useful Links
Statistical Data (7.7)
Population and HIV/AIDs data (
CDC
) (
HIV InSite
)
Scatter Plots
(book's CD)
Random Thoughts (7.3)
Law of Large Numbers
(text's CDrom)
Unusual Coincidences
(text's CDrom)
Buffon's Needle (
applet
)
Buffon's Needle (
applet
)
Infinite Monkey Theorem
(from Math Forum, excellent discussion)
More Monkey Business
Infinite Monkey Theorem
The
SIMI
project
Chance Surprises (7.1, 7.2)
Pennies
Stick or Switch
from the book's website
Stick or Switch
simulation (java applet)
Another
simulation
Another
simulation
which makes it easy to do 200 trials
More Monty
Monty Hall Problem
(Stick or Switch) websites (some broken links)
More Monty Hall Problem from
Cartalk
Suggestions
from Previous Students
Tentative Test Dates
Thursday, September 30
Monday, November 1
Monday, November 22
Friday, December 17 (final exam)
Last modified: November 18, 2004