MA299/499
Laboratories in Mathematical Experimentation

• Course Syllabus
  
  
• Computer Basics
  
  
• Daily Investigation Summary Form
  
  
• Writing Your Report:
  
  
  • Tips for Writeups
    
    
  • Checklist for write-ups
    
    
  • Other Advice for Writing
    
    • Kleiman at MIT -- sections 2,3,4
      
    • Crannell at Franklin and Marshall College
      
    
    

Challenges

• Primes Challenge
• Challenge #2
• Challenge #3

Mathematica Notebooks

To download a notebook, hold the SHIFT key and click on the link.

• Chapter 1: iterlin.nb
  
• Chapter 4: primes.nb
  
• Chapter 5: Chr.nb
  
• Chapter 9: param.nb and parametric_draw.nb
  
• Chapter 14: iterquad.nb
  

Amusing web sites

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

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