Math 29 Spring 03 Homework

Office Hours are 3-4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in Bradley 412, and by appointment.

Please Note:
I. There is no class on Monday, April 21.
II. Class will meet in the x-hour on Tuesday, May 20.
III. The mid-term is scheduled for Monday, April 28, 5:30-7:30pm.
IV. The final has been set by the registrar for Sunday, June 1, 1:30-3:30 pm.
V. The second irregularly scheduled meeting (TBA on the syllabus) will be Robert Bryant's Kemeny lecture,
the evening of Monday, May 12, exact time TBA.

Date Assigned	Date Due	Assignment
3/26	4/2	problems 1-4, pages 21 and 22
3/28	4/2	no written assignment
3/31	4/4	no written assignment
4/2	4/7	p. 23: a,c; p. 24: 1,2
4/4	4/9	p. 32: 2,3 p.41: 1,2
4/7	4/11	p.42: 5; p. 45: 1,3
4/9	4/14	Read chapter 3 sections 1-4 ,7 Go to: http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/scrapbook/tmjava.html, scroll down to the simulated machine, and run at least one of the Turing machines. A (short) description of the Turing machine and its historical significance, with links to downloadable Turing machine simulators is here . A short on-line biography of Alan Turing is available as part of the Alan Turing website
4/11	*	no written assignment
4/14	4/18	p. 84: 1, 3; p.94: 1, 4
4/16	4/23	p.90: 1,2 p. 94: 2
4/18	4/25	p. 106 1,2, formally
4/21	*	Class does not meet
4/23	4/28	Give three original predicates/questions and carefully show that: one is decidable one is partially decidable but not decidable one is not partially decidable
4/25	5/1	review for exam
4/28	5/2	Class meets as usual at 12:30
4/28	5/2	Mid-term is 5:30-7:30pm in Bradley 104 Read chapter 7, sections 1 and 2
4/30	*	Class does not meet
5/1	*	Special class meeting at 4pm Bradley 102; no written assignment (There is tea in the second floor Bradley lounge at 3:30)
5/2	*	no written assignment
5/5	5/9	p.132, 4, 8, 13
5/7	5/12	p.138, 1
5/9	*	*
5/12	5/20	p. 139 2, 3,47, 8
5/12		2003 Kemeny Lecture Geometry Old and New: From Euclid to String Theory Robert Bryant Duke University Monday, May 12, 2003 104 Wilder Hall, 7:00 pm
5/14	5/20	p. 142 2,3
5/16	*	Class does not meet
5/19	*	*
5/20	*	Class will meet in the x-hour
5/21	*	*
5/23	*	*
5/27	*	Official x-hour schedule due to Memorial Day
5/28	*	Review for final