Math 3050, Summer 2014
History of Math, MWF 9:30-11:20, Rm 222, LL
Matt Ondrus, (Office: R3 Rm 3104)

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Course syllabus.
Rough course calendar.
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(Written) Project due dates are on calendar (above). Here are some possible topics and some directions.
Review form (pdf version), Review form (MS Word version)
Final Exam Date: ???


Homework

Sections Due Date
  Sec 1.2:     1f, 2d, 3d, 5f, 6d, 7b,7d
  Sec 1.3:     1b, 1c, 2b, 2c, 5
  Friday, May 9
  Sec 2.3:     7, 8, 10, 13
  Sec 3.3:     1, 2, 4, 5a
  Wed, May 14
  Sec 4.3:     1b, 6, 10b, 16c, 20a
  Sec 5.3:     13, 14b, 15b, 16
  Mon, May 19
  Sec 5.5:     1b, 1c, 1d   Fri, May 23
  Sec 6.3:     1, 4, 7c   Fri, May 30
  Sec 7.3:     1b, 3d, 9   Wed, June 4
  Sec 8.1:     none   --
  Sec 8.3:     3, 4, 5   Fri, June 6
  Sec 9.2:     1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10   Recommended but not due
  Sec 10.3:     1c, 4, 7b   Mon, June 16


Lab Assignment Due Dates

Lab 0 (Ancient Egyptian counting): Due Friday, May 9
Lab 1: Due Monday, May 12
Lab 2 (Pythagorean triples): Due Wed, May 14
Lab 3 (Euclidean algorithm): Due Fri, May 16
Lab 4 (Diophantine equations): Due Mon, May 19
Lab 5 (Beginnings of algebra): Due Wed, May 21
Lab 6 (Rational and irrational numbers): Due Fri, May 23
Lab 7 (Fibonacci numbers): Due Fri, May 23
Lab 8 (Cubics): Due Mon, June 2

Resources/Announcements/Examples from Class