MCS-115 -- The Nature of Mathematics
Fall 2005
MCS-115 homepage
Assignments and class schedule
Useful Links Archive
Tentative Schedule
Homework Guidelines and Solutions
Project
Karl Knight
Terry Morrison
Announcements
Course description
Office Hours
:
Knight
(Olin 312, karl@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7479)
Morrison
(Olin 305, tjm@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7009)
Featured Useful Links
Chance Surprises (7.1, 7.2)
Pennies
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
The
SIMI
project
Interactive
explorations from text's CDROM (1st edition)
Surfing the Book
Suggestions
from Previous Students
Tentative Test Dates
Monday, October 3
Friday, October 28
Tuesday, November 15
Final: TBA
Last modified: September 5, 2005