Advanced Math
2007 - 2008
Second Semester Stuff
Homework for Wednesday, April 2: problem 2 from 4.1 and problem 3 from 4.2.
Projects
Comment File (to be completed after your lesson)
Evaluation Form (to be completed after each lesson and handed in on Monday)
Week of Feb 25: Catherine (Godel)
Week of Mar 3: Tori (Graph Theory)
Week of Mar 10: Andrew/Zach R. (Information Theory)
Week of Mar 17: Andrew/Zach R. (Information Theory)
Week of Mar 24: Ali (Constructible Numbers)
Week of Mar 31: Quest students gone - more cryptology
Week of Apr 12 - 18: Short week - topic TBD
Week of Apr 21: Panpan (Quaternions)
Week of Apr 28: Sam (Multivariable Calculus)
Week of May 5: Richard (Traveling Salesman)
Week of May 12: Zach S. (Linear Optimization)
Week of May 19: Audrey (Statistics)
Pre-Projects (Cryptology)
Week of Jan 28 - Feb 1
Due Mon, Jan 28: Project description, logistic map graph
Start Cryptology
Due Friday: Section 1.1, problems 2, 3, 4, and 7
Week of Feb 4 - 8
Due Mon: Section 1.2, problems 4, 5, and 6
Due Wed: Section 1.4, Problem 8, Section 1.5, problems 2, 4, and 5
Week of Feb 11 - 15
AMC-12 on Tuesday! Practice during Monday's class.
First Semester Stuff
Probability Unit
Week of Sep 5 - 7
Problem of the Week: "Sphere Packing" (no formal written description currently exists - feel free to submit one)
Week of Sep 10 - 14
No class Monday, Sep 10, due to the Senior Retreat
Homework Set 0 due Wed, Sep 12 (solution to sphere packing problem, plus survey)
Problem of the Week: Continue with sphere packing
Week of Sep 17 - 21
Class this week will be Mon/Tue/Wed
Homework Set 1 due Wed, Sep 19 (chapter 1)
Problem of the Week: Guess a Number
Week of Sep 24 - 28
Homework Set 2 due Mon, Sep 28
Problem of the Week: Table Top Problem
TEST Wednesday, Sep 26 on Chapter 1
Week of Oct 1 - 5
Problem of the Week: Secret Santa
Week of Oct 8 - 11
Homework Set 3 due Mon, Oct 15
Week of Oct 15 - 19
Homework Set 4 due Wed, Oct 17
Hand in solutions to Secret Santa problem with this set
TEST on first three chapters Friday, Oct 19
Week of Oct 22 - 26
Homework Set 5 due Fri, Oct 26 (Problem of the Week included)
Week of Oct 29 - Nov 2
Homework Set 6 NOW DUE MONDAY, NOV 5
Quick quiz on Wednesday, Oct 31
Bring computer to class on Friday, Nov 2
Week of Nov 5 - Nov 9
Homework Set 6.5 due Wednesday, Nov 7
First part of Probability Unit Test Friday, Nov 9. This will be the group test.
Week of Nov 12 - 16
Second part of Probability Test Monday, Nov 12. This will be an individual test.
Start Game Theory!
Game Theory Unit
Week of Nov 19 - 21
Monday Schedule on Monday, Friday Schedule on Friday
Game Theory Homework Set 1 due Wednesday, Nov 21
Have a great Thanksgiving break!
Week of Nov 28 - 30
Problem of the Week - Spider Problem
Week of Dec 3 - 7
Homework Set 2 (with Spider Problem)
First Quiz Friday, Dec 7
Week of Dec 10 -14
Homework Set 3 (each nightly homework will be checked)
Week of Dec 17 - 21
Quiz Friday
Dynamics and Chaos Mini-Unit
Week of Jan 7 -11
A few of you need to pick up the reading (pink) at my desk.
Week of Jan 14 - 18
Quiz Fridady, Jan 18