Math 130: Contemporary Mathematics
Josh Laison

Syllabus
Problem Assignments
Final project information
Class demos and links

Course calendar:
Monday Wednesday Friday
Week 1 Jan 17: First day of class
Alon Amit handout in class
Jan 19: Starting on research projects
Starting puzzles
Week 2 Jan 22: Perusall assignment Matt Parker, Just for Graphs
Graph theory class slides
Jan 24: Jan 26: Perusall assignment Paul Lockhart, A Mathematician's Lament
Week 3 Jan 29: Jan 31: Some applications of graph theory Feb 2: Perusall assignment Matt Parker, Prime Time
Prime numbers class slides
Week 4 Feb 5: Problem assignment #1 due. Upload your assigmnent to your Google drive folder. Feb 7: Perusall assignment Vi Hart, Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant, parts 1-3
Fibonacci numbers class slides
Feb 9:
Week 5 Feb 12: Perusall assignment Eugenia Cheng, How to Bake Pi Feb 14: Problem assignment #2 due. Upload your assigmnent to your Google drive folder. Feb 16: Perusall assignment Derek Muller and Ayliean MacDonald videos on tilings.
Tilings class slides
Week 6 Feb 19: Wallpaper pattern flow chart Feb 21: Class canceled today. Feb 23: Class canceled today.
Week 7 Feb 26: Perusall assignment Audrey Nasar article and Brady Haran video on group theory. Feb 28: Mar 1: Problem assignment #3 due. Upload your assigmnent to your Google drive folder.