Day 06: Heart of Mathematics

Due Today: Problem set #1
Who wants to discharge their duty for leading discussion this Wednesday? I need some help....
Our mission today: Continue discussing section 2.1
- I.10: For this game, how do we know that the numbers are always natural? (When is a problem well-posed?)
- Application of the pidgeonhole principle and extensions: (What is an existence proof?)
  - II.4
  - II.5
  - IV.1, using the problem we didn't get to from day05:
    Why does nearly every person have many temporal twins on earth; that is, people who were born on the same day and will die on the same day?
    - What would an exception look like? Who would not have a temporal twin?
    - Who would have a lot of temporal twins?
Next time: Fibonnaci numbers!

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