Uli Walther
Math 746, 494-1959
walther@math.purdue.edu
teaching Math 279 Fall 2018
TTh 9:00-10:15, Univ 117
Office hours: Tue 10:30-11:30, Th 2:00-3:00.

Book:

Excursions in modern mathematics (P. Tannenbaum), 9th edition

and: handouts

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  • Link to Project Rhea

  • Link to the syllabus

  • Statement for students with disabilities

  • Important Dates

    • The Midterm

    Day and time: Th October 11 in class. (This is week 9, right after October break; the midterm will cover Chapter 1-7.)

    The Final

    Covers part 2 of the semester.
    Date and time unkown
    A table for the normal distribution.

    Homework assignments due

    (Due every Thursday in class or in my office by 3pm.)
    Week 1-Aug 23: RCR quiz online, see here for instructions.
    Week 2-Aug 30 (The paradoxa of democracy, 1): 4,6,17,24,54,55,78a only (do not use an applet)
    Week 3-Sep 06 (Weighted voting, 2): 1,7,9,24,58,64.
    Week 4-Sep 13 (Fair division, 3) 18,29a,36,47,55,64 :
    Week 5-Sep 20 (Apportionment, 4): 6,16,28,38,48
    Week 6-Sep 27 (Euler paths, 5): 32,36,57,70. Question 1 from file (counting paths).
    Week 7-Oct 04 (Traveling Salesmen, 6): 4,22,40,52,60, Question 2 from file (on Euler vs Hamilton),
    ---> Review October 4
    Week 8-Oct 11 (Mathematics of networks, 7): 20,21,33,38,30,60,Question 3 (on Pruefer sequences) and 8 (on switching stations) from file
    --->October break Oct 9.
    --->Midterm October 11
    Week 9-Oct 18 Nothing due.
    Week 10-Oct 25 (Linear Programs, see the handout, assignment A.)
    Week 11-Nov 1 (Linear Programs, see the handout, assignment B.)
    Week 12-Nov 8 (Transport problems, see the handout, assignment C.)
    Week 13-Nov 15 (Exponential and Population growth, 9+13): 9.60,9.61,13.46,13.52,13.60, Question 4 (on mice) and 9 (on Fibonacci) from file
    Week 14-Nov 22 (Thanksgiving): Nothing due.
    Week 15-Nov 29 (Symmetry 11): 8,29,51,72, Question 5 (on motions) and 10 (on symmetries) from file
    Week 16-Dec 4 (Fractals, 12): 59,60 AND (Probability, 16) 38,73 questions 6,7 from file

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