Homework and Problem Assignments for MATH 381, Section 1
Fall 2011


Date Topic Assignment Due Date
8-24 Intro/Numerals HW: Come up with a system to represent all integers from 0 to 31 using the fingers of one hand.
PA 1 (handout)
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8-25
8-25 Numeral systems HW Eves Chapter 1--pp. 28-31: 1.4b, 1.7, 1.8, 1.10a
PA 2 -- p. 29: 1.6
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9-1
8-30 Numeral systems HW Eves Chapter 1--p. 28: 1.3
PA 3 -- p. 27: 1.2
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9-6
9-1 Numeral systems HW Eves Chapter 1--p. 28: 1.4cde
Extra Credit 1 -- pp. 28-29: 1.5a
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9-8
9-6 Num. systems/Egyptian math None --
9-8 Egyptian mathematics HW Katz pp. 25-26: 2-5
Supplemental HW 1
PA 4
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9-15
9-13 Egyptian/Mesopotamian math HW Katz pp. 25-26: 6, 7
PA 5 -- p. 26: 8
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9-20
9-15 Mesopotamian math HW Katz p. 26: 12
Wiki term description assignment
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9-20/9-22
9-20 Mesopotamian math HW Katz p. 26: 18, 19, 20
Supplemental HW 2
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9-22 Mesopotamian math HW Katz p. 26: 15, 17
Supplemental HW 3
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9-27 Mesopotamian math p. 27: 25, 27
Supplemental HW 4
PA 6
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10-4
9-29 Mesopotamian math HW pp. 26-27: 22, 23 --
10-4 Mesopotamian/Greek math None --
10-11 Review None --
10-13 Review/Greek math pp. 62-63: 1, 2 --
10-18 Exam 1 None --
10-20 Pythagoreans/Euclid Supplemental HW 5
PA 7
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11-1
10-25 Pythagoreans HW p. 63: 3, 4, 6
Supplemental HW 6
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10-27 Pi Extra Credit Assignment 2 11-8
11-1 Pi/Incommensurability Supplemental HW 7
PA 8
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11-10
11-3 Incommensurability/Euclid None --
11-8 Geometric algebra/Euclid None --
11-10 Geometric algebra/Euclid Supplemental HW 8
PA 9
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11-17
11-15 The Three Great Problems None --
11-17 Mostly Review Supplemental HW 9 --
11-29 Review/Archimedes None --
12-1 Exam 2 None --
12-6 Three Great Problems/Archimedes Supplemental HW 10
Supplemental HW 11
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12-8 Archimedes/Algebraic symbolism Supplemental HW 12 --

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