MCS 115
Nature of Mathematics
Course
Syllabus
Homework
Guidelines
Schedule
Assignments
Project
Instructors
Aaron Nienow
Olin 302, anienow2@gac.edu, 507.933.7464,
Office Hours
T. J.
Morrison
Olin 305, tjm@gustavus.edu, 507.933.7009,
Office Hours
Test Schedule
Exam 1 Monday September 22
Exam 2 Monday October 13 Exam Review
Exam 3 Monday November 10 Exam Review
Exam 4, Final Exam Wednesday December 17 1:00 - 3:00 Exam
Review
Sections 001 and 003, T. J. Morrison, Olin 103
Section 002, Aaron Nienow, Olin 317
Tutoring
Tuesday and Thursday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Olin 317
General Links
Chapter 1 stories
- Math in the Movies (A problem similar to Story 3 is featured in a popular movie. Which one?)
- Story 7
- Why mathematicians care about hat color (this is related to the "dot problem" in Story 9)
Pigeon Hole Principle (2.1)
Fibonacci Numbers (2.2)
- Fibonacci's Rabbits
- Fibonacci numbers and the golden section home page
- Fibonacci bio at St. Andrew's history of math archive
- Fibonacci Nim (java applet)
Clock Arithmetic and Check Digits (2.4)
Featured Useful Links
- General links
- Fractals and Chaos Game
- John Conway's Game of Life (6.2)
- Game
of Life at www.math.com
- Article
in Scientific American by Gardner
- Alan Hensel's fast, powerful life applet with many
complex starting patterns
- Alan Hensel's life applet can also be found here
- Euler Characteristic (5.3)
- Möbius band and Klein bottle (5.2)
- Möbius band
- Klein bottles
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