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Thursday 1/24

Topic 1: Discussion of assignment problems

This will lead to an exploration for reasons for fractal patterns in Pascal's triangle.

• Discussion of assignment problems
• Fractals in Pascal triangle
• Another look at Newton's method of finite differences

Topic 2: Fractals in Pascal triangle

Binomial powers of 2 mod 2 and other number facts.

LINKS to web sources for Pascal Triangle

Main New Topic: Fibonacci numbers

Reading: Chapter 3: section on Fibonacci numbers

Class 3 outline

Assignment 3 (revised)

NEW! Class notes for this week.