Announcements:

Sunday, May 16:  I have posted the review sheet for the closed-book part of the final and the take-home essay questions.  With respect to the essay questions, students in the L-section should write on two of the questions and students in the non-L section should write on one of the questions.  I have added two topic options to the three originally posted earlier today. 

The final review sheet and essays questions are immediately below.

Final Review and Take-home questions:

Sunday, May 16:  I have posted below updated versions of the review sheets posted early Sunday morning.  I added two topic options to the take-home essays, and I cleaned up some typos on the two sheets, but otherwise there are no substantive changes between the originals and the updated versions.

Final review sheet
Take-home essays for final


Syllabus:

MAT 300 Syllabus, except for grading policies
MAT 300 grading policies

Take-home part of the Midterm Exam -- The take-home parts of the respective exams are posted below.  The take-home part is due on Thursday, April 29.   The exams are NOT identical.
 

MAT 300-01 (non-L section)

MAT 300-02L (L-section)

 

Review Sheets:

• Quiz 1
  

E-mail Assignments
Answers to the E-mail Assignments

Homework Assignments

Term Paper Assignment for the non-L section (MAT 300-01) --- I have dropped the requirement for a journal article for this paper.  The paper proposal is due no later than May 4, and the paper itself is due on May 13.

Paper Assignments for the L-Section:

Some Paper Policies
Paper 1
Paper 2:  Due February 26.
Papers 3 and 4 (The research paper and the proposal)
I have dropped the requirement for a journal article for Paper 4.  Paper 3 is due no later than May 4, and Paper 4 is due on May 13.
Paper 5   Due April 27

 
Some related websites:
• Mathematician of the Day (from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive)
• MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive

The School of Mathematical and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews has organized this archive of over 1100 biographies, with many links to related biographies and other sites, indexed alphabetically, chronologically and topically.
• Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit (check out the Mathematics link)
• The National Curve Bank

From its mission statement:  "The National Curve Bank is a resource for students of mathematics. We strive to provide features - for example, animation and interaction - that a printed page cannot provide. We also include geometrical, algebraic, and historical aspects of curves, the kinds of attributes that make the mathematics special and enrich classroom learning."
• "Slates, Slide Rules and Software: Teaching Math in America".   This virtual exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History focuses on  innovations in mathematics teaching from the blackboard to graphing calculators. The showcase focuses on four periods in American history.
• Eulid's Elements on-line    (http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html)  Euclid's Elements and commentary.
• Archimedes' Palimpsest at the Walters Art Gallery http://www.thewalters.org/archimedes/frame.html
  A website about Archimedes and the Archimedes' Palimpsest.  The Palimpsest is currently being restored at the Walters Art Gallery.

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Last revised: May 16,  2004