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| Week | Date | What to read
for class |
Homework Problems from
the section |
HW
Due |
|
| 1 | Sep.10 | p. ix-xii, 1.1/1.2, stories 1-5 (try me) | 1.4: Ch 1 (pp26-30): 1, 3, 5 (about 5), 8, additional assignment | 9/17 | |
| 2 | Sep. 13 | Surfing Book, 1.1/1.2 stories 6-8 (try me) | |||
| Sep. 14 | 4.1, bring kit to class | 4.1: I.3, I.7, I.10 | 9/17 | ||
| Sep. 16 | 4.1/4.3 bring kit to class again & calculator | ||||
| Sep. 17 | 4.3, bring calculator | 4.3 I.2 (find the painting online here or here), I.4, I.7, II.1, II.2 | 9/24 | ||
| 3 | Sep. 20 | 4.3 | |||
| Sep. 21 | 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) | 9/24 | ||
| Sep. 23 | 4.5 (duality) pp276-284 | ||||
| Sep. 24 | 4.7 (dimensional basics) (spheres) | 4.7: I.1, I.2, I.4, I.5, I.7, II.1 | TBA | ||
| 4 | Sep. 27 | 4.7 (folding
cubes)
(cubes fall through flatland) |
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| Sep. 28 | 4.7 | ||||
| Sep. 30 | Test 1 | ||||
| Oct. 1 | 2.1 | 2.1 I: 3, 7, 9 Note: In I.9, two matched pairs means two black pairs or two blue pairs |
10/8 | ||
| 5 | Oct. 4 | 2.2 | 2.2 I: 1, 3, 10
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. |
10/8 | |
| Oct. 5 | NOBEL | ||||
| Oct. 7 | 2.2 | 2.2 I: 11, 13 II: 4, 5 | 10/15 | ||
| Oct. 8 | 2.2 | ||||
| 6 | Oct. 11 | 2.3 | 2.3 I: 2, 7, 9, 10, 18 II: 7 | 10/15 | |
| Oct. 12 | 2.3 | ||||
| Oct. 14 | 2.4 | 2.4 I: 1, 2, 5, 8 II: 7 | 10/22 | ||
| Oct. 15 | 2.4 | ||||
| 7 | Oct. 18 | 3.1 | 3.1 I.3, I.4, I.6, II.1, II.5 | 10/22 | |
| Oct. 19 | 3.2 | ||||
| Oct. 21 | 3.2 | 3.2 I.3, I.9, I.11, II.5, II.7, III.1 | 10/29 | ||
| Oct. 22 | 3.3 | 3.3 I.4, I.6, I.9, II.1, II.4 | 10/29 | ||
| 9 | Nov. 2 | 5.1 | |||
| Nov. 4 | 5.1 | ||||
| Nov. 5 | 5.2 | I: 3, 4, 17, 19 II: 7 III: 1 | 11/12 | ||
| 10 | Nov. 8 | 5.2 | |||
| Nov. 9 | 5.3 | I.2, I.4, I.8, I.16, II.1, II.4 (help for II.4) | 11/19 | ||
| Nov.11 | 6.1/6.2 | 6.1 I: 2, 6 (do but don't turn in) | |||
| Nov.12 | 6.2 | I:3, 8, 9, 10, 18 II:4 | 11/19 | ||
| 11 | Nov.15 | 6.2 | |||
| Nov.16 | 6.3 | I: 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19 II: 2 | TBA | ||
| Nov.18 | Project Day | ||||
| Nov.19 | 6.3 |
