M 360M/396C: Mathematics as Problem Solving, Fall 2005
Final Exam:
Saturday, December 17, 9 am - 12 noon
RLM 5.114
Exam Week Office Hours:
Monday, December 12, 3 - 4 pm
Wednesday, December 14, 3 - 4 pm
Friday, December 16, 3 - 4 pm
My Home
Page
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Complete First Day Handout and Letter to
Students
Assignments
Problem Sets
Guidelines for Presenting Sollutions in Class
Guidelines for Writing Up Problem
Solutions
What You May Assume
Poincare's
description of his own mathematical creativity. Have you ever had a
mathematical idea come to you out of the blue? Or had someone else
describe this experience and wish it could happen to you, too? Read the
mathematician Henri Poincare's description of how this happens.
Grading
Rubric for Railroad Track Problem
First Grading Rubric
Second Grading Rubric (for problems starting 11/22/05)
Metric Week
Resources (from the Math Forum)
Sample Answer to part C of the class activity
"Transforming Words into Equations, Part 1"