Math 17
An Introduction to Mathematics Beyond Calculus

Last updated June 27, 2012 12:25:54 EDT

General Information Syllabus HW Assignments Course Resources

Announcements:

Homework Assigments

Week of March 1 - 8 (End of Term), 2010
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Elliptic Functions and Weierstrass function, wrap up
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study: Student Presentations
  • Do: Work on term papers!
Friday:
  • Study: Stduent Presentations
  • Do:
Monday:
  • Study: Stduent Presentations
  • Do:


Week of February 22 - 26, 2010
(Due Wednesday, March 3)
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Congruent number problem and elliptic curves
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study: Congruent numbers and Tunnel's theorem; some complex analysis
  • Do: Work on term papers!
Friday:
  • Study: Elliptic Curves over C
  • Do:


Week of February 15 - 19, 2010
(Due Wednesday, February 24)
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Group law for elliptic curves
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study: Pollard's p-1 factorization algorithm
  • Do: Work on term papers!
Friday:
  • Study: Lenstra's Elliptic Curve Factorization
  • Do:


Week of February 8 - 12, 2010
(Due Wednesday, February 17)
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Fundamental Theorem of finite abelian groups, projective space
  • Do:
Wednesday:
Friday:
  • Study: No class (carnival)
  • Do:


Week of February 1 - 5, 2010
(Due Wednesday, February 10)
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: RSA
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study: RSA and Public Key Cryptosystems, signatures
  • Do: Assignment 5
Friday:
  • Study: Group tables; isomorphism
  • Do:


Week of January 25 - 29, 2010
(Due Wednesday, February 3)
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Groups; orders of elements
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study: Groups and orders; Euler's theorem; Fermat's little theorem
  • Do: Assignment 4
Friday:
  • Study: Applications; fast modular exponentiation
  • Do:


Week of January 18 - 22, 2010
(Due Wednesday, January 27)
Assignments Made on:
Tuesday:
  • Study: Congruences and equivalence relations
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study: General linear congruences; affine ciphers
  • Do: Assignment 3
Friday:
  • Study: Z_n is a ring; U_n is a group
  • Do:


Week of January 11 - 15, 2010
(Due Wednesday, January 20)
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Rational points on the unit circle: Pythagorean triples, congruent numbers
  • Do:
Wednesday:
Friday:
  • Study: Euclid's algorithm, Bezout's theorem, equivalence relations
  • Do:


Week of January 4 - 8, 2010
(Due Wednesday, January 13)
Assignments Made on:
Monday:
  • Study: Fermat's Last Theorem, Congruent Numbers
  • Do:
Wednesday:
  • Study: Rational points on the unit circle and congruent numbers, vector spaces
  • Do: Assignment 1
Friday:
  • Study: Rational curves and intersections; Bachet's duplication formula
  • Do:


T. R. Shemanske
Last updated June 27, 2012 12:25:54 EDT