PMU 199H1F - LEC 0291 Aha! Mathematical Discovery and Creative Problem Solving

Professor Robert McCann (Mathematics)

FUTURE MEETINGS:
14h10 - 17h00 Thursdays (Zoom links on Quercus)

OFFICE HOURS:
17h15-18h00 Mondays on Zoom (Instructor)

TA: Cameron Davies
TA OFFICE HOURS: 15h00-15h30 Tuesdays and 16h45-17h00 Wednesdays on Zoom (TA)

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Syllabus.pdf
Further reading on mathematics and mathematicians:


Please be sure to justify your answers as completely as possible with logical reasoning, and write up your solutions as cleanly and neatly as you can. Late assignments will be graded only at the pleasure of instructor and only up to three days late; if graded they will be penalized 5% per day late, unless prior permission of the instructor is obtained).

Assignment 1 (NEW DEADLINE: due 2 pm Jan. 21)
Assignment 2 (due 2 pm Jan. 28)
Assignment 3 (due 2 pm Feb 4)
Assignment 4 (due 2 pm Feb 11)
Assignment 5 (due 2 pm Feb 25)
WP Thurston's article ``On proof and progress in mathematics''
Assignment 6 (due 2 pm Mar 4)
Assignment 7 (due 2 pm Mar 11)
Assignment 8 (due 2 pm Mar 18)
Julia viewer (Berkeley) | Black and white viewer | Mandelbort and Julia | Conway's game of life
Assignment 9 (due 2 pm Mar 25)
Assignment 10 (due 2 pm Apr 1)
Fibonacci handout
Assignment 11 (due 2 pm Apr 8)


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