MAT194: Assignments

Day	Date	Activity	Assignment
Wed	1/13	Welcome!	Before next Wednesday (1/20), you should Introduce yourself on Canvas Read A Mathematician's Lament, by Paul Lockhart. Contribute to the on-line discussion in Canvas over the next week (please finish your comments by next Wednesday). Then on Wednesday of next week several of you will be invited to summarize the discussion for the wiki.
Wed	1/20	Sacred Economics	Before next Wednesday (1/27), you should Read The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance Respond to some questions in the on-line discussion. I have asked the following students to take charge of summarizing the Lockhart Lament discussion on the wiki: Shawn Huesman Zhen Bao Chelsea Debord John Nuestro Ganga Adhikari by next Wednesday.
Wed	1/27	Global Warming	Before next Wednesday (2/3), you should By Sunday midnight, 1/31: Read the two articles mentioned in the on-line discussion, and respond to the questions in the discussion By Tuesday midnight, 2/2: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment. I have asked the following students to take charge of summarizing the The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance on the wiki: Rachel Ritchie Amber Manning Nevaeh Moore Blake Weimer Justin Horn by next Wednesday.
Wed	2/3	How to Distribute Covid Vaccine?	Before next Wednesday (2/10), you should By Sunday midnight, 2/7: Follow the directions in the on-line discussion. By Tuesday midnight, 2/9: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment. I have asked the following students to take charge of summarizing the discussion of Global Warming on the wiki: Madison Goodwin Octavia Dieng Daniel Purnell Shawn Huesman by next Wednesday.
Wed	2/10	What a picture of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a bikini tells us about the disturbing future of AI	Before Wednesday (2/24), you should By Sunday midnight, 2/21: Contribute to the on-line discussion. By Tuesday midnight, 2/23: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment. I have asked the following students to take charge of summarizing the discussion "How to Equitably Distribute the Covid Vaccine" on the wiki: Craig McGhee Austin Paolucci Rachel Ritchie Ganga Adhikari by Wednesday, 2/24.
Wed	2/24	Beautiful Mathematics/Beautiful Mathematicians	Before Wednesday (3/3), you should By Sunday midnight, 2/28: Contribute to the on-line discussion. By Tuesday midnight, 3/2: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment. I have asked the following students to take charge of summarizing the discussion What a picture of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a bikini tells us about the disturbing future of AI, which they should do on the wiki page dedicated to this discussion: Madison Goodwin (captain) Caesar Bao Jenna Henderson Liam Painter (by Wednesday morning, 8:00am, 3/3).
Wed	3/3	The Power of Simple Representations	Before Wednesday (3/10), you should By Sunday midnight, 3/7: Contribute to the on-line discussion. By Tuesday midnight, 3/9: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment. I have asked the following students to take charge of summarizing the discussion Beautiful Mathematics/Beautiful Mathematicians, which they should do on the wiki page dedicated to this discussion: Blake (captain) Nevaeh Chelsea Octavia (by Wednesday morning, 8:00am, 3/10).
Wed	3/10	Iconoclastic (Snarky) Math -- Vi Hart	Before Wednesday (3/17), you should By Sunday midnight, 3/14: Contribute to the on-line discussion. By Tuesday midnight, 3/16: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment. I have asked the following students to take charge of summarizing the discussion The Power of Simple Representations, which they should do on the wiki page dedicated to this discussion: Amber (captain) John Austin Justin (by Wednesday morning, 8:00am, 3/17).
Wed	3/17	Visualizing Vastness, and Other Tales -- Steven Strogatz	Before Wednesday (3/24), you should By Sunday midnight, 3/21: Contribute to the discussion on Canvas. By Tuesday midnight, 3/23: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment.
Wed	3/24	KYMAA	Before the end of the day, Wednesday 3/31, you should Sign up for the Meetings (registration is free). Do this right away! The meetings are Friday. You'll need to be registered to attend the meetings. Go to (at least) two different talks. The program is here. It makes the most sense to check things out in advance -- hopefully you'll see something interesting! I'd like to especially suggest the first talk, Friday at 4:00: Dr. Ken Ono will speak on Why Does Ramanujan, "The Man Who Knew Infinity," Matter? Write up a thoughtful, one-to-two page summary of what you learned during each talk. Include a summary of what the presenter discussed, and your reactions to their presentation as well as the material. Submit those on Canvas.
Wed	3/31	More Vastness -- Ramanujan's -1/12	Before Wednesday (4/7), you should By Sunday midnight, 4/4: Contribute to the discussion on Canvas. By Tuesday midnight, 4/6: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment.
Wed	4/7	Maybe Vastness -- What are you doing with your mathematical life?	Before Wednesday (4/14), you should By Sunday midnight, 4/11: Contribute to the discussion on Canvas. By Tuesday midnight, 4/13: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment.
Wed	4/14	To Bee or not to Bee...	Before Wednesday (4/21), you should By Sunday midnight, 4/18: Contribute to the discussion on Canvas. By Tuesday midnight, 4/20: thoughtfully respond to at least one other person's comment.
Wed	4/21	Presentation Prep	Before Wednesday (4/28), you should Have prepared your presentation on the wiki, polished to the point where I will be able to turn other students in the class loose on your presentation, to give their honest feedback. For those of you who did not participate in the KYMAA: you will produce -- in support -- a four-page paper about the mathematics you are spotlighting, along the lines described in this page.