Uli Walther
Math 746, 494-1959
walther@math.purdue.edu
teaching Math 279 Spring 2016
TTh 9:00-10:15, UNIV 217
Office hours: Tue, Th 1:30-2:30, Th 2:00-3:00.

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  • Book:

    • "Excursions in modern mathematics" by P. Tannenbaum, 7th edition.

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    The syllabus.

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    The Midterm

    Day and time: Th Mar 3 in class. (This is week 8; the midterm will cover all material we discussed until then.)

    The Final

    Cumulative, but with emphasis on the second half of the semester.

    Homework assignments due

    Due every Thursday in class or in my office by 3:00.
    In parentheses the material that the homework assignment covers.

    Week 1-Jan 14: nothing due.
    Week 2-Jan 21 (The paradoxa of democracy, 1): 4,6,12,20,34,42
    Week 3-Jan 28 (Weighted voting, 2): 2,6,22,56,62.
    Week 4-Feb 4 (Fair division, 3) 18,28b,34,52,58 :
    Week 5-Feb 11 (Apportionment, 4): 6,16,28,38,48
    Week 6-Feb 18 (Euler paths, 5): 30,32,54. Question 1 from file (counting paths).
    Week 7-Feb 25 (Traveling Salesmen, 6): 4,24,36,48,68
    Week 8-Mar 3 (The mathematics of networks, 7), 6,16,20,30,70, Question 2 from file (on Pruefer sequences),
    ---> Review Mar 1, Midterm March 3
    Week 9-Mar 8 Nothing due. Spring break Mar 14-20.
    Week 10-Mar 24 (Exponential growth, 9): 42,48,56,Prove the "fact" in #15, Question 4 from file (on recurrences).
    Week 11-Mar 31 (Mathematics of money, 10):16,42,48,64,74,85
    Week 12-Apr 7(Symmetry, 11): 8,16,28,48,70, Question 3 from file (on motions)
    Week 13-Apr 14 (Fractals, 12): 10,14,48,62,66
    Week 14-Apr 21 (Censuses and Surveys, 13): 13,14,15,16,40.
    Week 15-Apr 28(Probability, 15) 2,14,36,44,50,70. Review.
    Extra credit problem: see the last question from file. Due last day of classes.

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