Spring 2006 Syllabus

Math 105, Math in Modern Society

Instructor: Tom LaGatta

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January 2006
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 Graph theory 13 14
15 16 17 Graph theory 18 19 §1.1, Intro to Voting Theory 20 21
22 23 Tutoring starts: M EAST 145 24 §§1.2, 1.3 25 26 HW1 due; §§1.4, Arrow's Theorem 27 28
29 30 31 HW2 due; Exam 1 Review; §2.1, Intro to Weighted Voting Systems














February 2006
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Exam 1 3 4
5 6 7 Chapter 2: Banzhaf Power Index 8 9 Chapter 2: Shapley-Shubik Power Index 10 11
12 13 14 HW3 due 15 16 Chapter 4 17 18
19 20 21 Chapter 4 22 23 Chapter 4 24 25
26 27 28 Review














March 2006
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Exam 2 3 4
5 6 7 Finance: §6.1, Interest. 8 9 Finance: §§6.2-3, Loans
Project Assignment 1 due. Paper due
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12 13 14 Spring break 15 16 Spring break 17 18
19 20 21 Finance: §6.4, Buying a House 22 23 Project Assignment 2 due 24 25
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April 2006
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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2 3 4 5 6 Project Assignment 3 due 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 Exam 3; Project Assignment 4 due 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 Project Assignment 5 due 21 22
23 24 25 Project Rough Draft due 26 27 28 29
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May 2006
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Project due 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 Final exam, 8am, M LNG 314 12 13
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