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MAT 103 - Math for Liberal Arts - Spring 2008

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Week 1: 1/22 -- 1/24

• Introduction / Section 1.1

Week 2: 1/29 -- 1/31

• Sections 1.2--1.4
• 2.1 Counting -- the pigeonhole principle.

Week 3: 2/5 -- 2/7

• 2.2 The Fibonacci numbers.
• 2.3 The prime numbers.

Week 4: 2/12 -- 2/14

• 2.4 Clock arithmetic.
• Intro to Cryptography.

Week 5: 2/19 -- 2/21

• More on clock (a.k.a. modular) arithmetic
• 2.5 Cryptography

Week 6: 2/26 -- 2/28

• 2.5 Cryptography (particularly RSA)
• Prep. for Exam I

Week 7: 3/4 -- 3/6

• Exam I
• 3.1 One-to-one correspondence.

Week 8: 3/11 -- 3/13 (Midterm grades will be distributed on 3/13)

• 3.2 Comparing infinities.
• 3.3 Cantor's diagonalization argument.
• 3.4 Power sets and the heirarchy of infinities.

Week 9: 3/18 -- 3/20

• No classes (Spring Recess)

Week 10: 3/25 -- 3/27

• 3.5 Geometric correspondences.
• 4.1 The Pythagorean Theorem
• 4.2 The art gallery problem

Week 11: 4/1 -- 4/3

• 4.3 The golden rectangle
• 4.5 Platonic solids
• Prep. for Exam II

Week 12: 4/8 -- 4/10

• Exam II
• 4.6 Non-Euclidean geometry
• 4.7 The 4th dimension

Week 13: 4/15 -- 4/17

• 5.1 Topology
• 5.2 The Mobius Band

Week 14: 4/22 -- 4/24

• 5.3 Euler's formula
• 5.4 Knot theory

Week 15: 4/29 -- 5/1

• Project presentations
• Project presentations

Week 16: 5/6 -- 5/8

• Project presentations / Review for Final

Week 17: 5/12 -- 5/17 (Final exams)

• Section 07 exam is on Thursday 5/15 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.