Math 170, Ideas in Mathematics, Spring 2011
Math 170, Ideas in Mathematics, Spring 2011

Text: For All Pratical Purposes (8th edition), COMAP

Instructor: Hoi H. Nguyen

Office hours: Wednesday 12:30-3pm, DLR 4N55 or by appointment.

Teaching Assistant:

  • David Lonoff , lonoff@math.upenn.edu. Office hours:W 5-6, Tr 4-5

    • Recitations:
    201 T 8:30-9:30 DLRB 2C6
    202 T 9:30-10:30 DRLB 2C6
    203 R 8:30-9:30 DLRB 2C6

  • Julius Poh, pow@math.upenn.edu. Office hours: M 12-1,T2-3

    • Recitations:
    204 REC R 9:30-10:30AM DRLB 2C6
    205 REC T 8:30-9:30AM DRLB 2C4
    206 REC T 9:30-10:30AM DRLB 2C4

    Syllabus: The first 12 chapters of the book

    Your course grade will be computed as follows:

  • 20% Homework & Quizzes

  • 40% Midterm Exams

  • 40% Final Exam

    • There will be NO makeup Quizzes either midterm exams unless due to a medical EMERGENCY in which case a NOTE from a doctor is required.
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    Exams :

    There will be two closed book midterm exams scheduled for Friday, February 18, 2011 and Friday, April 1, 2011. You are not allowed to use a calculator during the midterm and final exams. The final exam will be cumulative (covers all material), scheduled for MAY 3rd, 9-11AM, DRL A1 .

    Quizzes :

    There will be 6 quizzes given in recitation. The quizzes will be graded, and the worst score will be dropped.

    Homework :

    Homework will be assigned weekly. Suggested homework assignments will be posted on this page every Friday afternoon. Homework is due on the next Friday by 5pm in your TA's mailboxes. Your TAs will let you know the location of their mailboxes.

    Homework assignment #1: (p. 22 onwards) 1.1 & 1.2: 6,8,24,29,30; 1.3 & 1.4: 34,38,40,44,48 (due Friday January 21) (see image files 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ,18 , 19 ).

    Homework assignment #2: (p. 54 onwards) 2.1: 10, 19, 34; 2.2 & 2.3: 38, 40, 42 (just a. and b.), 46; 2.4: 50, 53 (just a.,b. and d.); 2.5: 75 (due Friday January 28).

    Homework assignment #3: (p. 91 onwards) 3.1 & 3.2: 6, 18, 20 (a,b), 26; 3.3: 36, 38; 3.4: 48, 62(b,d); 3.5: 68 (graphs a,b,h), 70 (due Friday February 4).

    Homework assignment #4: (p. 139 onwards) 4.1 : 13, 24; 4.2,4.3 & 4.4: 28, 29, 35, 38; 4.5 & 4.6: 55, 59 ( for i and ii) (due Friday February 11).

    Homework assignment #5: (p. 175 onwards) 5.1 & 5.2: 5; 5.3 & 5.4: 8,15; 5.5 & 5.6: 20, 28 ; 5.7: 33, 36; 5.8 & 5.9: 37, 49, 54 (due Friday February 25).

    Homework assignment #6: (p. 202 onwards) 6.1: 6; 6.2: 10, 12; 6.3: 16, 26; 6.4: 28, 34, 35; 6.5: 38, 43 (due Friday March 4).

    Homework assignment #7: (p. 237 onwards) 7.3: 10, 12 ; 7.4: 16; 7.5: 30; 7.7: 38, 40; 7.8: 44; 7.8: 47,52,58(due Friday March 18).

    Homework assignment #8: (p. 275 onwards) 8.2: 14; 8.3: 24,26,27; 8.4: 29,30; 8.5:36, 40; 8.6: 46, 48 (due Friday March 25).

    Homework assignment #9: (p. 308 onwards) 9.1: 4; 9.2: 12, 16, 24,25,26,28,30; 9.3: 34; 9.4:36 (due Friday April 8).

    Homework assignment #10: (p. 328 onwards) 10.1: 4,6; 10.2: 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24; 10.3: 25 (due Friday April 15).

    Homework assignment #11: (p. 362 onwards) 11.2: 8,10; 11.3: 14 (b,c,d), 18; 11.4: 23, 28, 29, 30, 36, 38 (due Tuesday April 26).

    Extra credit homework: 2.1:20; 3.5:72; 4.4:52; 6.4:36; 8.2:17, 8.5:38, 43; 9.2:27 (your construction should be different from the one given in the back of the book); Find the Banzhaf power indices for the voting system [10: 4,4,1,1,1,1,1,1]; Find the Shapley-shubik power indices for the voting system [5: 2,2, 1,1,1,1] (due 5pm, Monday May 2, in my mailbox).

    Slides :

    week #1 , week #2 , week #3 , week #4 , week #5 , week #6 , week #7 , week #8 , week #9 , week #10 , week #11 , Study guide for the final .

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