Monday, August 19: first day of class

Due Wednesday, August 21: Read the information about MATH 5001 on the course website. You are responsible for knowing the policies and expectations of the course, including the attendance policies and the grading policies.

Due Friday, August 23:

Due Monday, August 26:

Due Wednesday, August 28: Read lightly, sections 1.1, and 1.2. Read more carefully, sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4. Do, but don't hand in, all the exercises for section 2.3 on pages 58 - 59, and all the exercises for section 2.4 on pages 69, 70. Read the solutions in the answer sections only after you have worked the exercises yourself.

Check out the website

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

for a really cool experience of "zooming in through powers of 10".

Due Friday, August 30:

MATH 7001 students only: to get graduate credit you will need to do an extra project for this course. Your project could consist of several essays, or a longer paper, in which you discuss some aspect of the course material in depth, or in which you relate the course material to your future teaching (e.g., with a discussion of lesson plans). However, other creative ideas could also be acceptable. For example, you might think of a creative way to tie your course project for this course to something you will be doing for one of your other courses. Please start to brainstorm ideas for your course project. Project proposals (a brief description of what you plan to do) are due Friday, September 20. Projects are due on the last day of classes, Monday, December 9.