| Math in the Modern World (C) - 11863 - MATH 1319 - 005 |
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Associated Term: Fall 2014
Levels: Undergraduate Main Campus Campus Lecture (LECT) Schedule Type Min Tech: 49% or Less Online Instructional Method Learning Objectives: 1.1-1.4 An Introduction to Rigorous Thought 2.1- Counting Pigeonhole principle. 2.2- Numerical Patterns in Nature: Fibonacci numbers 2.3- Prime cuts of numbers 2.4- Crazy clocks and checking out bars Modular arithmetic. 2.6-The Irrational Side of Numbers 2.7-Get Real-The Real Number line. 3.1-Beyond Numbers-An Introduction to one-to-one correspondence. 3.2-Comparing the Infinite-Examples of one-to-one correspondence. 3.3-The missing member-Cantor’s diagonalization Proof 4.1- Pythagoras and his hypotenuse 4.3- The sexiest rectangle 4.5- The Platonic Solids TurnAmorous 6.1- Circuit training-The Euler circuit theorem. 6.2-Feeling Edgy 4.2- A view of an art gallery-A view obstruction question from computational geometry. 4.7- The Fourth Dimension Geometry through analogy 8.2- Predicting the future in an uncertain world Probability. 8.3- Random thoughts-Coincidences 9.2- Getting Your Data to Shape Up Organizing, describing, and summarizing data Required Materials: A. Required Text The Heart of Mathematics, An Invitation to Effective Thinking, 4th edition, by Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird. Published by Key college Publishing. Adopted 2012 Materials Student Interactive Explorations CD and 3D glasses, packaged with the text. Technical Requirements: Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus, Waner and Constenoble, 6th Edition. MS Excel and a MyMath account View Catalog Entry
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