Math 111 - Tentative Schedule

  Lecture     Date     Section     Topic  
1 8/25 Geometry   Eratosthenes Measures the Earth  
2 8/27   Longitude Problem  
3 8/30   What Is Pi?  
4 9/1   Pythagorean Theorem  
5 9/3   Scaling & Dimension  
6 9/6 Graphs   Bridges of Konigsberg & The Four Color Problem  
7 9/8   Euler Characteristic and the Platonic Solids  
8 9/10   Discussion: Zero Chapters 1-3  
9 9/13 Numbers   Calendars, Clocks and the Division Algorithm  
10 9/15   Modular Arithmetic & Check Digits  
11 9/17   Tests for Divisibility  
12 9/20   The Seive of Eratosthenes & Infinitude of Primes  
13 9/22   The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic  
14 9/24   Discussion: Zero Chapters 4-5  
15 9/27   Public Key Cryptography  
16 9/29   Review  
17 10/1   Midterm 1  
18 10/4   Irrational Numbers  
19 10/6   Repeating Decimals  
20 10/8   Discusion: Zero Chapter 6  
21 10/11    
22 10/13   Scientific Notation & Orders of Magnitude  
23 10/15   The Rule of Proportion & Logarithmic Scales  
24 10/18 Growth   Growth Rates (Linear vs. Polynomial vs. Exponential)  
25 10/20   Compound Interest & Annuities  
26 10/22   Fibonnaci Sequence  
27 10/25   Golden Ratio  
28 10/27   Pascal's Triangle  
29 10/29   Discussion: Damned Lies Chapters 1-2  
30 11/1 Probability   Fundamental Counting Principle  
31 11/3   Equiprobable Spaces  
32 11/5   Permutations & Combinations  
33 11/8   Expected Value  
34 11/10 Statistics   Dealing with Data  
35 11/12   Discussion: Damned Lies Chapters 3-4  
36 11/15   Mean, Median, Mode (and Histograms)  
37 11/17   Review  
38 11/19   Midterm 2  
39 11/22   Normal Distributions & z-Values  
40 11/24    
41 11/26    
42 11/29   68-95-99.7 Rule  
43 12/1   Statistical Inference  
44 12/3   Discussion: Damned Lies Chapters 5-6  
45 12/6   Correlation is not Causation