Math130

Math 130-01 & 130-02R: Contemporary Mathematics, Spring 2021

Things to be Working On:

Take-Home portion of 2nd Denouement (available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w4TpBQPA-nSTxFjjyaRqU-kbfAzyJYWGFQzOqznKjkM/edit?usp=sharing ) due Monday (4/26)
Study for in-class portion of 2nd Denouement (study guide available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w4TpBQPA-nSTxFjjyaRqU-kbfAzyJYWGFQzOqznKjkM/edit?usp=sharing) which will be administered on Thursday 4/22 and Friday 4/30. Let me know by Wednesday 4/21 if you plan to take the quiz (aka Denouement) not with your usual class section.
Course Project: Information and due dates available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ish2Ya2W7YyM0h5UcLRTBfKQGfGiYdxKXW1Hvw0BMM/edit?usp=sharing
Sign-up for group meetings for next week. Signups available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LWcASzx3VpQYIbrZQsn4owolmlQZiPESMX-AZJtNsAI/edit?usp=sharing

Google Docs:

Week #1 in-class investigations: Games Thursday Friday
Week #2 in-class investigations: Getting to know Rubik's Cube Thursday Friday
Week #3 in-class investigations: 1.3-1.5 Thursday Friday
Week #4 in-class investigations: 1.7 Thursday, Friday
Week #5 in-class investigations: 1.9 & Symmetry operations
Week #6 in-class investigations: Symmetry Groups
Week #7 in-class investigations: More Groups
Week #8 Quiz #1: Study Guide
Week #8 in-class investigations
Week #9: Google Doc, Thursday Class Notes, Running List of Voting Theory Definitions
Week #11: Google Doc
Week #12: Google Doc, Apportionment Google Sheet Key, Running List of Voting Theory Definitions
Week #13-15: Quiz #2 Study Guide & Take-home Questions, Course Project Description & Rubric, Project Meeting Signups

Professor Erin McNicholas

Email: <emcnicho>
Office Hours:
- Th (10-11pm - via Zoom - same as class link available on WISE under Zoom Meetings)
- F (5:15-6:15pm, Ford 122)
- Or via Zoom by appointment
Prof. Starr's Office Hours:
- Tue 9-10 and 1-2:30
- Wed 11-12
- https://willametteuniversity.zoom.us/j/9180375411
Syllabus: Available on WISE
Class Meetings:
- Sec 01: F 2:15-5:15pm, Ford 122
- Sec 02R: Th 7-10pm, Zoom

"Mathematics is not a careful march down a well-cleared highway, but a journey into a strange wilderness, where the explorers often get lost." -W.S. Anglin

Links: https://wise.willamette.edu/access/content/group/MATH-130-02R-21_SP/ListOfUsefulWebsitesMath130.html

Week	Topic	Assignments
1	Introduction to Class Why Study Math Math Topic: Games & Puzzles, Introduction	Pre-Semester Survey (Complete by Wednesday 10am 1/20) Perusall Extra-Credit Assignment: Read and Comment on the Syllabus (Complete by Thursday 5pm 1/21)
2	Math Topic: Games & Puzzles, Sections 1.2-1.3	Introduction Assignment (Upload to WISE by Monday 1/25) Perusal Discussion Su Address: read and comment on the transcription. There is also an extra credit reading assignment of my response to Su's address. Both should be completed by Tuesday 10pm 1/26. Perusall Discussion Math with Bad Drawings: complete by noon Friday 1/29 (if you are in section 130-01) 5pm Thursday 1/28 (if you are in section 130-02R) Wise Assignment #1: What's in a Game? complete by 7pm Thursday 1/28 (if you are in section 130-02R) 2pm Friday 1/29 (if you are in section 130-01)
3	Math Topic: Games & Puzzles, Sections 1.5-1.6, Cellular Automata, and the Sieve of Eratosthenes	Google Week 3 Survey (please complete by Wednesday night) Class 2 Preparation Perusall Discussion Grapes of Math, Ch. 10: complete by 10pm Tuesday 2/2 Wise Week #2 Math Assignment: Moving Cubies and Cellular Automata 7pm Thursday 2/4 (if you are in section 130-02R) 2pm Friday 2/5 (if you are in section 130-01)
4	Math Topic: Games & Puzzles, Sections 16-1.7, Cellular Automata, and the Sieve of Eratosthenes	Class 4 Preparation Perusall Discussion Grapes of Math, Ch. 10 2nd Part: complete by 11pm Wednesday 2/10 Class Prep Quiz 1: Cellular Automata & Singmaster Notation due by the start of class Wise Week #3 Math Assignment: Magic Moves & More Cellular Automata 7pm Friday 2/12 (for both sections)
5	Math Topic: Games & Puzzles, Sections 1.9, and Symmetry Operations	Week 5 Survey - please complete by Thursday at 5pm. Perusall Discussion Group Theory in the Bedroom complete by 11pm Friday 2/19 Wise Week #4 Math Assignment: Solving the Cube, Sieve of Eratosthenes, and Cellular Automata 11pm Tuesday 2/23 * Due dates extended due to widespread power outages
6	Math Topic: Group Theory	Perusall Discussion: How to Bake Pi Chapter 1, due 11pm Wednesday (2/24) Wise Week #5 Math Assignment: Group Theory and the Cube, due 11pm Friday (2/26)
7	Math Topic: Symmetry Groups	Perusall Discussion: How to Bake Pi Chapter 2, due 11pm Wednesday (3/3) Wise Week #6 Math Assignment: More Group Theory, due 11pm Friday (3/5)
8	Math Topic: Math and Art (Frieze Patterns and Wallpaper Groups)	Denouement (aka Quiz) #1 The Take-Home portion due Saturday 3/13 at 11pm The in-class portion: Study Guide. This is an individual quiz.
9	Math Topic: Voting Theory & Social Choice - Voting Methods and Fairness Criteria	Perusall Discussion: If you give a mouse some symmetries and a brief biography of Galois, due 11pm Wednesday (3/17) Wise Week #8 Math Assignment: Frieze Patterns and Wallpaper Groups, due 11pm Friday (3/19)
10	Spring Break - No Class
11	Math Topic: Voting Theory & Social Choice - Voting Methods, Fairness Criteria, and Districting	Perusall Discussion: Weapons of Math Destruction Part 1, due 11pm Wednesday (3/31) Wise Math Assignment Week #9-11: Voting Methods, due 11pm Friday (4/9)
12	Math Topic: Apportionment Methods	Perusall Discussion: Weapons of Math Destruction Conclusion, due 11pm Wednesday (4/7) Perusall Discussion: Moon Duchin video, due 11pm Wednesday (4/7) Wise Math Assignment Week #9-11: Voting Methods, due 11pm Friday (4/9)
13	Group Research Project Meetings	Google Survey: https://forms.gle/Pk97Mhzk5uRAy3Rq7. Please complete by Tuesday night (4/13) Perusall Discussion: American Academy of Arts & Sciences Common Purpose, PBS Video for context, read and comment on recommendations, due 11pm Wednesday (4/14) Wise Math Assignment Week #12: Apportionment, due 11pm Friday (4/16)
14	Group Research Project Meetings	Denouement (aka Quiz) #2 Thursday 4/22 Take-home portion due Monday 4/26
15	Group Research Project Meetings	Denouement (aka Quiz) #2 Friday 4/30
16	Posters due 7pm Thursday 5/6 Peer Review of Assigned Posters due by 3:30pm Friday 5/7 Reflection on the project and received peer feedback due by 10pm Friday 5/7

- Artwork by Emeritus Professor Junpei Sekino, http://www.sekinoworld.com/fractal/index.html