Math 497 Winter 2002

Week 4

Monday 1/28 - Friday 2/1

    Course Home Page

  1. Week 1 - Jan 7-11

  2. Week 2 - Jan 14-18

  3. Week 3 - Jan 21-25

  4. Week 4 - Jan 28 - Feb 1

  5. Week 5 - Feb 4 - 8

  6. Week 6 - Feb 11 - 15

  7. Week 7 - Feb 18 - 22

  8. Week 8 - Feb 25 - Mar 1

  9. Week 9 - Mar 4 - 8

  10. Week 10 - Mar 11 - 15

  11. Exam Week Mar 18 - 22

Thursday 1/31

Topic 1: Continuation

  • Difference schemes and Newton
  • Higher dimensional polyhedra

New Topic: Fibonacci numbers

  • Sequences with different beginnigs
  • Golden ratio as limit
  • Golden ratio sequence and Fibonacci formula

New Topic: Prime Numbers

  • Arithmetic mod p
  • Clock arithmetic, star polygons

New Topic: Spirals

  • Finding spiral arms
  • Spirals and clock arithmetic

LINKS - some great stuff!

CLASS NOTES

Assignment #4

Reading: Chapter 5: The Primacy of Prime Numbers

Read the pages related to the Class 4 discussion.