Spring 1996 Math 5 at Lehigh University
This is the home page for spring 1996 Math 5, Introduction to Mathematical Thought. Click here for the syllabus.We will include more on this page later, discussions of homeworks etc. For now, we just have the first assignment, due Monday Jan. 22, 1996 (unless you run into serious troubles getting used to the computers). This is to submit the email address of a favorite world wide web home page. To see the assignment and the classes favorite pages click here
Assigned homework problems from the text `Mathematics and Politics: Strategy, Voting. Power and Proof' by Alan D. Taylor:
- Chapter 1 exercise 1 due Wednesday Jan. 24
- Chapter 1 exercises 3ab,4a,5a,6a,11 due Friday Jan. 26
- Chapter 1 exercises 10, 12,13,14,15,16 and Chapter 6 exercise 10 due Friday Feb. 2. Hints or the class handout (without figures) mathemtical induction and game trees. For #12, please also give the answer to the closest number of millions.
- Chapter 2 exercises 1,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,16 due Monday Feb. 12
- Chapter 5 exercises 3,5,9,20,22 due Mon. March 4
- Chapter 5 exercises 16,17,18,19 due Friday March 8
- Chapter 6 exercises 2,3,4,8,9 and Problem A. Click here for more details on 8,9 and problem A
since 1-29-1996