MA2910
Laboratories in Mathematical Experimentation

• Chapter 1: iterlin.nb
  
• Chapter 4: primes.nb or primesnew.nb
  
• Chapter 5: Chr.nb
  
• Chapter 9: param.nb and parametric_draw.nb
  and dan.nb for Dan
  
• Chapter 3: euclidean.nb
  
• Chapter 11: chapter11.nb (version II)
  chapter11old.nb (version I)
  
• Chapter 14: iterquad.nb
  

Other Useful Stuff

• Computer Basics handout
  sampleplots.nb (a notebook with sample plotting commands)
  
  
• Daily Investigation Summary Form
  
  
• Writing Your Report:
  
  
  • Tips for Writeups
    
    
  • Checklist for write-ups
    
    
  • 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
      
    
    

Challenges

• Primes Challenge
  

Amusing web sites

• Math Mistakes
  
• Platonic Realms
  
• Prime Number History
  
• A Primer on Primes
  
• Graphs
  
• Map Coloring