MATH 13150:FRESHMAN SEMINAR SPRING 2009

Course Information

Instructor: Sam Evens sevens at nd.edu
• Course syllabus pdf file

• Office Hours: Monday 12:00-12:45, Wednesday 5:00-5:50, or by appointment

  Text: Lecture Notes related to Gross and Harris, "The Magic of Numbers", Prentice-Hall

  Text: Simon Singh, "The Code Book", Anchor

  Class Time: MWF 1:55--2:45, DBRT 120.

  Exams, tentative dates :

  • Exam I: Friday, February 20, in-class. Exam 1 covers units 1 through 8.
  • Exam II: Wednesday, April 1, in-class. Exam 2 covers units 9 through 13, and section 1 of unit 14.
  • Final: WED, May 6, 1:45--3:45, DBRT 136.
  • Practice for exam 1 pdf file
  • More practice for exam 1 pdf file
  • Exam 1 with solutions pdf file
  • Practice for exam 2 (you may ignore 13 and 26) pdf file
  • Solutions to Practice for exam 2 pdf file
  • Practice final exam pdf file
  • Practice final exam with answers pdf file
  • Guide for studying for the final exam pdf file

• RSA project pdf file

  Office hours before final exam :

  • Wed, 4-29, 5-6 pm
  • Thurs 4-30, 12-1 pm
  • Monday 5-4, 1-3 pm
  • Wed 5-6, 11:30-1:30
  • Or by appointment, contact me by email to fix a time
  • Office hours until final exam

    Quizzes:

  • Approximately every two weeks. First quiz, Wednesday, January 28. Next quiz, Wednesday, April 22 on unit 16.

    Pascal's triangle image

    Modular arithmetic calculator by Ben Jones"

    List of first 1000 primes

    Lecture Notes: Dates are approximate dates when material was covered:

  • Unit 1, Wed. 1-14. pdf file
  • Unit 2, 1-16, 1-19. pdf file
  • Unit 3, 1-21, 1-23. pdf file
  • Unit 4, 1-26, 1-28. pdf file
  • Unit 5, 1-30, 2-2. pdf file
  • Unit 6, 2-2, 2-4. pdf file
  • Unit 7, 2-6, 2-9. pdf file
  • Unit 8, 2-13, 2-16. pdf file
  • Unit 9, 2-23, 2-25. pdf file
  • Unit 10, 3-2, 3-4. pdf file
  • Unit 11, 3-16, 3-18. pdf file
  • Unit 12, 3-20, 3-23. pdf file
  • Unit 13, 3-20, 3-23. pdf file
  • Unit 14, 3-27, 4-3. pdf file
  • Unit 15, 4-3, 4-6. pdf file
  • Unit 16, 4-8, 4-15. pdf file
  • Unit 17, 4-17, 4-20. pdf file
  • Unit 18, 4-22, 4-24, 4-27. pdf file

    Assignments: Assignments with a date are due on the specified date.

  • Homework 1, due Wed 1-21. pdf file
  • Group 1, due Wed 1-21, pdf file
  • Homework 2, due Wed 1-28. pdf file
  • Group 2, due Wed 1-28, pdf file
  • Homework 3, due Wed 2-4. pdf file
  • Group 3, due Wed 2-4, pdf file
  • Homework 4, due Wed 2-11. pdf file
  • Group 4, due Wed 2-11. pdf file
  • Homework 5, due Fri 2-20. pdf file
  • Group 5, due Fri 2-20. pdf file
  • Homework 5.5, read chapter 3 of The CodeBook. Nothing to turn in.
  • Homework 6, due Wed 3-4. pdf file
  • Group 6, due Wed 3-4. pdf file
  • Homework 7, due Wed 3-18. pdf file
  • Homework 8, due Wed 3-25. pdf file
  • Group 8, due Wed 3-25. pdf file
  • Homework 9, due Fri 4-3. pdf file
  • Group 9, due Fri 4-3. pdf file
  • Homework 10, due Wed 4-8. pdf file
  • Group 10, due Wed 4-8. pdf file
  • Homework 11, due Wed 4-15. pdf file
  • Homework 12, due Wed 4-22. pdf file
  • Group 12, due Wed 4-22. pdf file
  • Homework 13, due Wed 4-29. pdf file
  • Group 13, due Wed 4-29. pdf file

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