Math 170 - Summer Session I (2012)

Basic Information

Hello all! What you are looking at is the course webpage for Math 170, to be taught by me during the first summer session of 2012 on behalf of the Penn Mathematics Department. The course is also known as "Ideas in Mathematics", and we shall make an effort to keep it true to it's name. We shall meet every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4:00 till 6:10 p.m. in DRL, room 3C2.


Keep in mind that there is no class on Memorial Day, which is Monday, May 28th.


Syllabus

Click here to get the (tentative) syllabus for the course.


As mentioned in the syllabus, you shall find a note that includes guidelines on what is and isn't plagiarism in the MIT Academic Integrity Handbook. Thanks to Tyler Kelly for this link.


Important Dates

Though already highlighted in the syllabus, it wouldn't hurt to review the important dates for this course:

  • May 21, 2012: First day of classes
  • June 7, 2012: In-class quiz (1 hour)
  • June 28, 2012: In-class final exam (2 hours) and also last day of classes

    • Homework Assignments

  • Homework 1 - due in class Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

  • Homework 2 - due in class Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

  • Homework 3 - due in class Tuesday, June 12, 2012.

  • Homework 4 - due in class Tuesday, June 19, 2012.

  • Solutions to Homework 1.

  • Solutions to Homework 2.

  • Solutions to Homework 3.

  • Solutions to Quiz.

    • Other useful information

    We may be in need of other links and sources besides the textbook for the course and classroom notes to help make the learning process easier and more exciting. I shall post those in this section.

    Here are some interesting links about Fibonacci numbers. We had already seen a couple of them in class.

  • Fibonacci numbers in music
  • More instances when they occur in nature and in music notes
  • Golden Ratio in geometry and shapes
  • Golden Ratio in Monalisa
  • Patterns in flowers and the Golden Angle

    • Robert Chung sent me this interesting link about a song that uses Fibonacci Numbers. Do check this out.