Tentative Course Syllabus
January 5, 2000
this Winter. However, we may change the topics depending upon the interests of the class, and if so, we
will modify the schedule and hand out a new version. The chapter references are to the draft manuscript
Mathematics and Knowledge: Models of Realityby Dwight Lahr. We will also use hand-outs that we
list as Notesin the schedule.
Week #3: MLK holiday on Monday, 1/17 (no class that day)
Week #6: Winter Carnival on Friday, 2/11 (no class that day)
Final Exam due on first day of finals: Friday, March 10.
Winter Carnival
Last week of term
Meet in x-hour in week #6
Meet only on Monday in week #10
web to information about Primes, RSA Encryption, and Einstein.