Math 100 Homework - Fall 2005
Homework #1 (due Tuesday 9/6/05)
1) Read pages xi-xxiv,27.
2) Try out Mindscapes 1 and 3 on page 28 on 3
friends.
Write a short report on their
answers. Do their answers agree with your own?
3) Solve Mindscape 2 on page 28. Explain your
reasoning in one concise paragraph.
Homework #2 (due Wednesday 9/7/05)
1) Read p. 39-45.
2) On page 46, work Mindscapes 4,5,6,7
Homework #3 (due Friday 9/9/05)
1) Read p. 49-55
2) Work Mindscape 7 on page 57.
Homework #4 (due Monday 9/12/05)
1) Read p. 64-77
2) Mindscapes 9,10,14,19 on pages 77-78.
Homework #5 (due Wednesday 9/14/05)
1) Read p. 82-89
2) Mindscapes 4,6,9,26,27 on pages 89-92.
Homework #6 (due Friday 9/16/05)
1) Read p. 95-101
2) Mindscapes 5 and 7 on page 107.
Homework #7 (not to hand in but will be covered on Exam #1)
1) Read p. 110-117
2) Mindscapes 3,5,6,7,17 on page 117
Homework #8 (not to hand in but will be covered on Exam #1)
1) Read p. 121-131
2) Mindscapes 4,5,6 on page 131
Homework #9 (due Monday 9/26/05)
1) Read p.137-140.
2) Mindscapes 1,3,8,16 on page 140
Homework #10 (due Wednesday 9/28/05)
1) Read p. 145-155
2) Mindscapes 3,4,6,7,19,24 on page 155
Homework #11 (due Friday 9/30/05)
1) Read p. 162-168
2) Mindscapes 2,4,5,16 on page 168
Homework #11 (due Monday 10/3/05)
1) Read p. 173-185
2) Mindscapes 1-4,7,10,11 on pages 185-187
Homework #12 (due Wednesday 10/5/05)
1) Read p. 190-201
2) Mindscapes 7,9,10,19,21 on pages 202 - 204.
There is a typo on #19: the interval should read (0,1]
instead of (0,1).
Homework #13 (due Friday 10/7/05)
1) Read p. 207-212
2) Make your own "Pythagorean puzzle." Do Mindscapes
7,18
Homework #14 (due Wednesday 10/12/05)
1) Read p. 218-227
2) Mindscapes 3,5,8,17
Homework #15 (due Friday 10/14/05)
1) Read 232-244
2) Mindscapes 9,12
3) By browsing the internet, find 2 occurances in
nature of the golden rectangle/mean other than what we've discussed in
class or was in your reading.
Homework #16 (due Monday 10/17/05)
1) Read p. 249-263
2) 2,3,4
3) Print out a drawing by M.C. Escher that exhibits
symmetry. Describe one symmetry in the drawing.
Homework #17 (due Wednesday 10/19/05)
1) Read p. 269-284
2) Mindscapes 5, 9
3) Play around with
http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/platonic.html
Homework #18 (not to hand in but covered on Exam #2)
1) Read p. 289-299
2) Mindscapes p. 301: 2,3,4,5
Homework #19 (not to hand in but covered on Exam #2)
1) Read p.307-319
2) Mindscapes p.320: 1,2,3
Homework #20 (due Monday 10/31/05)
1) Read p. 328-338
2) Mindscapes p.339: 1,2,3,11,18
Homework #21 (due Wednesday 11/2/05)
1) Read p. 346-353
2) Mindscapes p.353: 11,12
3) Check out the website: www.kleinbottle.com Which
Klein bottle do you like best?
Homework #22 (due Friday 11/4/05)
1) Read p. 359-367
2) Mindscapes p.367: 1,2,6,16,26
Homework #23 (due Monday 11/07/05)
1) Mindscapes p. 371: 29,32,36
Homework #24 (due Wednesday 11/09/05)
1) Read p.374-380,382
2) Mindscape 44 on page 388
Homework #25 (due Friday 11/11/05)
1) Read p.389-398
2) Mindscapes 3,17,23
Homework #26 (due Monday 11/14/05)
1) "Read" p. 404-410.
2) Mindscapes #2 on page 411.
3) Write a paragraph describing a) what a fractal is
and b) how you think fractals might be produced.
Homework #27 (due Wednesday 11/16/05)
1) Read p. 412-417, 421
2) Mindscapes 1,12,16 on pages 421 and 423. (I
recommend using the CD that came with your text for #12 and #16)
Homework #28 (due Friday 11/18/05)
1) Read p. 430-450
2) Mindscapes 4,21,24
Homework #29 (due Monday 11/21/05)
1) Read p. 458-481
2) Play with the Julia set generating program on the
CD that came with your text.