Assignments for Mathematics for Liberal Arts

Read the chapter "Welcome" (pages xi-xiv) and Section 1.1;
Attempt stories #1, 3, 5, 7, 9 from Section 1.1.
You may read Section 1.2 (hints), but do not read 1.3 (solutions)!

1. We'll be starting a unit on estimation. Read section 2.1, and try to decide if you have more hairs than Ed Burger or not.

2. Finish your first submitted homework problems (due Wednesday, 1/20).

Have you taken the attitude survey yet? You do this on blackboard. Take the survey by Tuesday night, 1/19 (it's under assignments).

1. How much do you spend in groceries for a year?
2. How much gasoline do you use in a year? (CNN website) What percentage of your budget is fuel?
3. How many times will you breathe today?
4. How tall is the Lucas Administration building?
5. The southbound lanes of I-471 are backed up from the Big Mac bridge at the Ohio river, to Nunn drive. How many cars are stuck in traffic on that section?

• Read section 2.2: Fibonacci numbers
• Bring in some object that illustrates Fibonacci numbers

• Study up and try Fibonacci Nim
• Problems to hand in: pp. 57--, #1, 2, 7, 8; 18-21; 28 (due Mon, 2/1)

• Read 4.3: The Sexiest Rectangle
• See if you can get your head around the concept of the golden ratio (or golden mean), and the golden rectangle.

• Exercises 4.3: pp. 244--, #2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 14 (due Fri, 2/5)

• Read 4.5: Platonic Solids
• No new problem assignments

• Problems, section 4.5: #1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 14, 15, 16 (revised due date, Wednesday, 2/10)

• No more new material before the exam
• I'm postponing problems, section 4.5: #1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 14, 15, 16 (now due Wednesday, 2/10)

• No more new material before the exam

• No more new material before the exam

• Read the section on Moebius bands (section 5.2)
• Homework: Mindscapes, pp. 353-, #3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 Due Wednesday, 2/24

• Read the handout on Fortunatus's Purse (Lewis Caroll)
• Homework: Make your own Fibonacci spiral image using your own image.

• Read section 4.7: The Fourth Dimension
• Problems pp. 4.7: #5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 16 (due Mon, 3/1)

• Contemplate section 6.1: A Gallery of Fractals

• Read 6.2; problems to come

• Read 6.3
• Problems pp. 421-, #1, 5, 8, 9, 12-15 (due 3/15)

• Read 6.3
• No new problem assignment.

• No new reading in preparation for the exam.
• Do pp. 450-, #4, 5, 13, 20 (just do two steps), Repeat 20 (but remove the center triangle that does not share a boundary with the original triangle; just do two steps), 21, 27, 32; at least one of these will figure somewhere on your exam.
• Try my funhouse mirror fractal generator: make your own funhouse mirror image, using this web interface and your own image, and I'll post them on our "website gallery".

• No new assignment in preparation for the exam.
• The exam will cover 4.7, 5.2, 6.1-6.3 (and Fortunatus's purse!).

• No new assignment in preparation for the exam.
• The exam will cover 4.7, 5.2, 6.1-6.3 (and Fortunatus's purse!).

• Read section 6.5
• Homework pp. 498, #19-24; due Mon, 3/29

• Make sure that you've read section 6.5
• Reminder: Homework pp. 498, #19-24; due Mon, 3/29

• Read section 3.1 -- Infinity!
• Reminder: Homework pp. 498, #19-24; due Mon, 3/29

• Read section 3.2
• Problems pp. 156-161, #2, 6, 7, 8, 13, 20, 37. Due Mon, 4/5.

• Our poster presentations are coming up at the end of April (the 26th, 28th, and 30th). By Wednesday, 4/7, you should provide me with a one-page, typed proposal for your project. You should try to find something that you're interested in, that also has a mathematical angle that you can share with your classmates.
• Reminder: Problems pp. 156-161, #2, 6, 7, 8, 13, 20, 37. Due Mon, 4/5.

• Our poster presentations are coming up at the end of April (the 26th, 28th, and 30th). By Wednesday, 4/7, you should provide me with a one-page, typed proposal for your project. You should try to find something that you're interested in, that also has a mathematical angle that you can share with your classmates.
• Reminder: Problems pp. 156-161, #2, 6, 7, 8, 13, 20, 37. Due Mon, 4/5.

• Reminder: Poster proposals due Wednesday (this will constitute a part -- 10% -- of your poster presentation grade).

• Continue working on your logic exercises, which will be due Monday, 4/12.
• Reminder: Poster proposals due Friday (revised due date: this will constitute a part -- 10% -- of your poster presentation grade).

• Continue working on your logic exercises, which are due Monday, 4/12.
• Assignment for Friday, 4/16 (yes, same time as your exam!): on Monday I will return your proposals: you need to revise those, and refine them, and resubmit them (with the original proposal) on Friday, 4/16.

• No new assignment, due to impending exam. Bring questions RE chaos, infinity, logic on Wednesday.
• Assignment for Friday (yes, same time as your exam!): you need to revise the returned proposal, refining your ideas, and resubmit it (with the original proposal) on Friday, 4/16. You won't get full credit if you don't include your first draft (this assignment is worth 10% of your project grade).

• No new assignment, due to impending exam.
• Assignment for Friday: you need to revise the returned proposal, refining your ideas, and resubmit it (with the original proposal) on Friday, 4/16. You won't get full credit if you don't include your first draft (worth 10% of your project grade).

• Visit our webpage on the binary card trick to learn how to play. Practice on a friend or family member!
• Assignment for Friday: you need to revise one more time: this time including a graphic of your presentation, including at least two references. You should include any previous revisions of the proposal for full credit. This is another 10% of your project grade.
• If you do not attend the poster sessions (either your own or other peoples' sessions) you will lose 10% of the total grade for each day you do not attend and participate)

• Recall: Assignment for Friday: you need to revise one more time: this time including a graphic of your presentation, including at least two references. You should include any previous revisions of the proposal for full credit. This is another 10% of your project grade.
• If you do not attend the poster sessions (either your own or other peoples' sessions) you will lose 10% of the total grade for each day you do not attend and participate)

• Remember: If you do not attend the poster sessions (either your own or other peoples' sessions) you will lose 10% of the total grade for each day you do not attend and participate)