MCS-115 The Nature of Mathematics

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Terry Morrison		Charles Pastor

Office Hours:
Morrison (Olin 305, tjm@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7009)
Pastor (Olin 302, cpastor@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7464)

Featured Useful Links
- Describing Data (7.6)
  - 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
- What is mathematics? (an article by R. Lewis, Fordham)
- Interactive explorations from text's CDROM (1st edition)
- Surfing the Book
- Suggestions from Previous Students

Tentative Test Dates
- Thursday, September 28
- Friday, October 27
- Thursday, November 16
- Final: TBA

Last modified: November 21, 2006