Laboratories in Mathematical Experimentation

MA2910
Laboratories in Mathematical Experimentation
Spring '09

Course Information

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For cobwebs (Ch.1): cobwebnew.nb
Chapter 1: iterlin.nb
Chapter 1: iterlin2.nb runs iterations using exact numbers, displayed with a specified precision.
Chapter 5: Chr.nb
Chapter 2: chapter2.nb
Chapter 3: euclidean_new.nb
Chapter 3: euclidean.nb
Chapter 4: primesnew.nb
Chapter 7: polygons.nb and polyhedra.nb
Chapter 9: param.nb and parametric_draw.nb
Spirographs: spiro.nb and spiro_draw.nb
Chapter 10: chapter10.nb
chapter10_version1.nb (version I)
Chapter 11: chapter11.nb (version II)
chapter11old.nb (version I)
Chapter 12: chapter12.nb or chapter12_new.nb
Chapter 14: iterquad.nb
Chapter 16: chapter16.nb

Computer Basics handout(old version, to be revised soon)
sampleplots.nb (a notebook with sample plotting commands)(old version, to be revised soon)
Daily Investigation Summary Form
Writing Your Report:
- Tips for Writeups
- Checklist for write-ups
- Common math. vocabulary
- Other Advice for Writing
  - Crannell at Franklin and Marshall College
  - Kleiman at MIT (sections 2,3,4 are applicable to this class)
  - ``Fumblerules of grammar'' - by William Safire