Assignments

Math 426, Fall 2008

 
DATE PAGE(S) PROBLEMS COMMENTS 
 
November 17 538 6-a.
November 14 511 1; 2; 4; 7.
November 12 409 1-a; 3-a. The third exam will be on
 433 1. Friday, November 21, 2008.
November 10  Use the method of Isaac Newton (shown in 
 class) to find the square root of 7.
 Use the binomial theorem to obtain an 
 expansion of (1-x)-3. (Notice the coefficients.)
November 7 381 1; 4; 5; 8-a.
November 3 363 11.
October 31  Read Chapter 8.
October 29 328 1; 3-a c d e. Show that any cubic can be reduced to 
 a cubic lacking the square term.
October 27 295 1; 2; 8.
 287 1; 3; 7; 8.
October 20 329 15. Read Chapter 7.
October 17 266 1; 4-6; 11; 12.
October 15 Read Chapter 6.
  The second exam will be on Friday,
 October 24, 2008.
October 13 233 1-5; 8.
October 10  Read Chapter 5.
October 8 194 1-3.
October 3 211 2; 3; 6.
October 1 171 8; 9; 11; 12.
September 29 Read Chapter 4.
September 24  Prove that a triangle is quadrable.
 (Due next Monday.)
September 22 120 9.
 
September 19 No additional assignment. Do continue studying
 for the exam and make sure you have all the 
 homework problems completed.
September 15 119  1-5; 16; 17.
September 12 105 1-5; 7-a,b,c; 9; 10; 12; The first exam will be on Friday, 
 14. September 26, 2008.
September 10 The motto of Thales was “Know thyself.”
 Part of knowing yourself lies in understanding 
 what motivates or inspires you to do a particular
  thing. Write a reflective description of what
 a teacher would need to do to motivate you.
September 8 119 3.  Read Chapter 3.
 82 7. Use the method outlined in class
 to generate five Pythagorean triples.
September 5 72 4-7; 10; 12.
September 3 61 1-3.
 53 20; 22.
September 1 51 1; 2; 3-b; 7; 9; 11-13; 17.
August 29 Read Chapter 2.
August 27 29  1; 2.
 18 1-a,b; 2; 3-a,b; 5-a,b; 
 11-a,b,c; 12-a,b,c; 13-b,f.
August 25 Read Chapter 1.
 
 
 
 

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