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| Week | Date | What to read
for class |
Homework Problems from
the section |
HW
Due |
| 1 | Feb. 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 | 2/13 |
| Feb. 12 | Surfing Book, 1.1/1.2 stories 6-8 (try me) | |||
| Feb. 13 | 4.1, bring kit to class | 4.1: I.3, I.7, I.10 | 2/20 | |
| 2 | Feb. 16 | 4.1/4.3 bring kit to class again & calculator | ||
| Feb. 17 | 4.3, bring calculator | 4.3 I.2 (find the painting online here or here), I.4, I.7, II.1, II.2 | 2/20 | |
| Feb. 19 | 4.3 | |||
| Feb. 20 | 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) | 2/27 | |
| 3 | Feb. 23 | 4.5 (duality) pp276-284 | ||
| Feb. 24 | 4.7 (dimensional basics) (spheres) | 4.7: I.1, I.2, I.4, I.5, I.7, II.1 | 2/27 | |
| Feb. 26 | 4.7 (folding
cubes)
(cubes fall through flatland) |
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| Feb. 27 | 4.7 | |||
| 4 | Mar. 1 | Test 1 | ||
| Mar. 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 I: 3, 7, 9 Note: In I.9, two matched pairs means two black pairs or two blue pairs |
3/5 | |
| Mar. 4 | 2.2 | 2.2 I: 1, 3
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. |
3/5 | |
| Mar. 5 | 2.2 | 2.2 I: 10, 11, 13 II: 4, 5 | 3/12 | |
| 5 | Mar. 8 | 2.2 | ||
| Mar. 9 | 2.3 | 2.3 I: 2, 7, 9, 10, 18 II: 7 | 3/12 | |
| Mar. 11 | 2.3 | |||
| Mar. 12 | 2.4 | 2.4 I: 1, 2, 5, 8 II: 7 | 3/19 | |
| 6 | Mar. 15 | 2.4 | ||
| Mar.16 | 3.1 | 3.1 I.3, I.4, I.6, II.1, II.5 | 3/19 | |
| Mar. 18 | 3.2 | |||
| Mar. 19 | 3.2 | 3.2 I.3, I.9, I.11, II.5, II.7, III.1 | 3/26 | |
| 7 | Mar. 22 | 3.3 | 3.3 I.4, I.6, I.9, II.1, II.4 | 3/26 |
| Mar. 23 | 3.4 | 3.4 I.1, I.6, I.8, II.1 | 3/29 | |
| Mar. 24 | 3.4 | |||
| Mar. 26 | 5.1 | I: 4, 6, 18, 20 II: 1,2 III: 5 | 4/2 | |
| 8 | Mar. 29 | Test 2 | ||
| Mar. 30 | 5.1 | |||
| April 1 | 5.1/5.2 | |||
| 9 | April 13 | 5.2/5.3 | 5.2 I: 3, 4, 17, 19 II: 7 III: 1
5.3 I: 2, 4, 8, 16 II: 1, 4 (help for II.4) |
4/16 |
| April 15 | 5.3 | |||
| April 16 | 6.1/6.2 | 6.1 I: 2, 6 (do but don't turn in) | ||
| 10 | April 19 | 6.2 | 6.2 I:3, 8, 9, 10, 18 II:4 | 4/23 |
| April 20 | 6.3 | 6.3 I: 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19 II: 2 | 4/23 | |
| April 22 | 6.3 | |||
| April 23 | 6.5 | |||
| 11 | April 26 | Project | ||
| April 27 | Test 3 |
