MATH 13150:FRESHMAN SEMINAR SPRING 2008

Course Information

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

• Office Hours: Monday 1:00-1:50, Wednesday 5:00-5:50, or by appointment

  Text: Gross and Harris, "The Magic of Numbers", Prentice-Hall

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

  Class Time: MWF 1:55--2:45, Earth Sciences 101.

  Exams, TBA :

  • Exam I: Wednesday, February 20
  • Exam II: Wednesday, April 2
  • Final: MON, May 5, 1:45--3:45, Earth Sciences 101.

  Practice Exam 1

  Practice Exam 2

  Practice Exam 2 solutions

  Practice Final Exam

  Practice Final solutions

  RSA project

  Guide for studying for final exam

  Quizzes:

• Approximately every two weeks. First quiz, Wednesday, January 30
• Next quiz, Wednesday, March 26
  • modular arithmeti c calculator by Ben Jones

  Pascal's triangle image

  Multiplication table

  Multiplication tables mod N for N = 1 to 13

  NOTES: FOR SOME HINTS ABOUT CARRYING OUT THE METHOD OF CHAPTER 9 SUCCESSFULLY (I.E., WRITE 1 AS A COMBINATION OF TWO OTHER NUMBERS), SEE pdf file

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

• Homework 1, Wed. 1-23. pdf file
• Homework 1-in-class, 1-18, due Wed. 1-23. pdf file
• Homework 2, Wed. 1-30 pdf file
• Homework 2-in-class, 1-25, due Wed. 1-30. pdf file
• Homework 3, Wed. 2-6 pdf file
• Homework 3-in-class, 2-1, due Wed. 2-6. pdf file
• Homework 4, Wed. 2-13 pdf file
• Homework 4-in-class, 2-8, due Wed. 2-13. pdf file
• Homework 5, due Wed. 2-20. pdf file
• Homework 6, due Wed. 2-27 pdf file
• Homework 6-in-class, 2-22, due Wed. 2-27. pdf file
• Homework 7, due Wed. 3-12 pdf file
• Homework 8, due Wed. 3-19 pdf file
• Homework 8-in-class, 3-14, due Wed. 3-19. pdf file
• Homework 9, due Wed. 3-26 pdf file
• Homework 10, due Wed. 4-2 pdf file
• Homework 11, due Wed. 4-9 pdf file
• Homework 12, due Wed. 4-16 pdf file
• Homework 12-in-class, 4-11, due Wed. 4-16. pdf file
• Homework 13, due Wed. 4-23 pdf file
• Homework 13-in-class, 4-18, due Wed. 4-23. pdf file
• Homework 14, due Wed. 4-30 pdf file
• Homework 14-in-class, 4-25, due Wed. 4-30. pdf file

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