Schedule

week Monday Thursday
1 Jan 18: Syllabus, Introduction, Read 2.1 and do WU 1 before next class. Jan 21: Read 2.1 and do WU 1 before class.
2.1 The Pigeonhole Principle
Read the Footnotes on 2.1, . Read the first 5 pages of 2.2 and do WU 2 before next class.
Homework 1 Assignment.
2 Jan 25: Read the first 5 pages of 2.2 and do WU 2 before class.
Quiz, 2.2 The Fibonacci Numbers
Jan 28: Surprise Topic: 4.2 Art Galleries
Read the first 9 pages of 4.3 and do WU 3 before next class.
Homework 1 due.
3 Feb 1: Read the first 9 pages of 4.3 and do WU 3 before class.
Quiz, 4.3 The Golden Rectangle
Read the additional Graphs section and do WU 4 before next class.
Feb 4: Read the additional Graphs section and do WU 4 before class.
Graphs
Read 5.3 and do WU 5 before next class.
Homework 2 Assignment.
4 Feb 8: Read 5.3 and do WU 5 before class.
Quiz, 5.3 Euler in Königsberg
Feb 11: Surprise Topic: Polyhedra and Planar Graphs, read also 4.5.
Homework 2 due.
5 Feb 15: Polyhedra and Planar Graphs continued, read also 5.4.
Read 2.3 an do WU 6 before next class.
Feb 18: Read 2.3 and do WU 6 before class.
2.3 Prime Cuts of Numbers (Prime Numbers)
Homework 3 Assignment. Read 2.4 before next class.
6 Feb 22: Read 2.4 before class.
2.4 Crazy Clocks (Modular Arithmetic)
Do WU 7 before next class.
Feb 25: Do WU 7 before class.
Surprise Topic and Review
Homework 3 due. Read Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.5, 5.3, 5.4, and this this and this and the footnotes on 2.1, on 3.2, on the "Graphs" chapter, and on 2.4 until Midterm.
7 March 1: Midterm March 4: Open Business
8 Academic Travel
9 Academic Travel
10 March 22: 2.5 Public Secret Codes
Read 2.6 WU 8 before next class.
March 25: Read 2.6 do WU 8 before class.
2.6 Irrational Numbers
Read 2.4 and do WU 9 before next class.
Homework 4 Assignment.
11 March 29: Read 5.5 and do WU 9 before class.
Quiz, 5.5. Knots and Links
April 1: Additional Material on Knots and Links
Read 7.1 and do WU 10 before next class
Homework 4 due.
12 no class April 8: Read 7.1 and do WU 10 before class
7.1 Chance Surprises
Read 7.2 and do WU 11 before next class.
Homework 5 Assignment.
13 April 12: Read 7.2 and do WU 11 before class.
Quiz, 7.2 Probability
Read 7.3 and do WU 12 before next class.
April 15: Read 7.3 and do WU 12 before class.
7.3 Random Thoughts
Homework 5 due.
14 April 19: Surprise Topic 5
Read 9.1 and do WU 13 before next class.
April 22: Read 9.1 and do WU 13 before class
Quiz, 9.1 Expectations
Read 9.2 and do WU 14 before next class.
Homework 6 Assignment.
15 April 26: Read 9.2 and do WU 14 before class.
9.2 Risk
April 29: Surprise Topic 6
16 May 3: Homework 6 due.
Surprise Topic 7
May 6: Review