Instructor: Carl Eberhart Email: carl@ms.uky.eduMa 502 - Seminar in selected topics - Fall 1999
Information Sheet
Office: 759 Patterson Office Tower Phone: 257-1258
Office Hours: 11-12 and 2:30-4 TR. You will find me around a lot more than that, though.
Text: There is no textbook for this course. (virtual) Handouts will be provided on a regular basis.
Software: We will be using Maple in this course. It is installed in all the campus labs, but I recommend that you purchase the student version of Maple for your home computer.
Course Goals: To learn some new mathematics. I have picked out some things (polynomials, complex numbers, etc), and the class will pick out some things to study. The Draft 1998 NCTM standards emphasize the use of technology as a tool for learning and we will do the same. You will get a lot of practice at using Maple to compute, manipulate, draw, exposit, and program mathematics.
Brief Syllabus: (Topics are Tentative and incomplete)
Week 1 Introduction to Maple
Week 2-5 Polynomials and their applications
Week 6 Exam 1 (20%)/ Project 1 ( 10%)
Week 7-10 The geometry of complex numbers and its applications
Week 11 Exam 2 (20%)/ Project 2 ( 10%)
Week 12-14 Visual Problem Solving and modeling.
Week 15 Final Exam (20%)
Homework: The handouts will have exercises, questions, problems on them, Work on these at home and be prepared with solutions and questions for class time.
Grading:
Homework: 20%
Exams: 60%
Project: 20%Class Days: Aug. 26, 31 Sept. 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 Oct. 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 Nov. 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 30 Dec. 2, 7, 9.