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*Class time and location: TTh 9:00-10:15, EE 005
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*Class time and location: TTh 9:00-10:15, UNIV 217
 
*Book: Excursions in modern mathematics (P. Tannenbaum), 7th edition.
 
*Book: Excursions in modern mathematics (P. Tannenbaum), 7th edition.
 
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==Important Links==
 
==Important Links==
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*[http://www.math.purdue.edu/~walther/teach/453/453-fall-tth.html Course Web Page]  
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*[http://www.math.purdue.edu/~walther/teach/279/279-spring-tth.html Course Web Page]  
 
*[[WaltherF13_getting_started|How to get started Writing on Rhea]]
 
*[[WaltherF13_getting_started|How to get started Writing on Rhea]]
 
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== Your turn! Student Projects  ==
 
== Your turn! Student Projects  ==
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As per the syllabus, 5% of your grade will be based on contributing a Rhea page on a subject related to the course . To pick a subject, simply write your name next to it. Please no more than one student per subject. Your page will be graded based on content as well as interactions with other people (page views, comments/questions on the page, etc.). The number of links to other courses and subjects will also be taken into account: the more the merrier! Please do not simply copy the lecture notes and do not plagiarize. Read [[Rhea:Copyrights|Rhea's copyright policy]] before proceeding.  
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As per the syllabus, 5% of your grade will be based on contributing a Rhea page on a subject related to the course. To pick a subject, simply write your group name next to it. No more than one group per subject. Your page will be graded based on content as well as interactions with other people (page views, comments/questions on the page, etc.). The number of links to other courses and subjects will also be taken into account: the more the merrier! Please do not simply copy the lecture notes and do not plagiarize. Read [[Rhea:Copyrights|Rhea's copyright policy]] before proceeding.  
  
 
For some lovely contributions, see [[Honors Project]] 2011 by Daniel Lee  
 
For some lovely contributions, see [[Honors Project]] 2011 by Daniel Lee  
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|  [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic5|The plurality vote: must it lead to a 2-party system?]]
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic6|Presidents (and others) elected against the majority vote (II.C)]]
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic6|P vs NP: a Clay Millennium Problem with economic flavor]]
 
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic7|Strategic voting: document existence, motivation, consequences]]  
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic8|The constitutional right of equal vote vs weighted voting: historical events and the Banzhaf power index]]
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic9|Envy-free fair division, how does one do it? (III.A)]]
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic9|The graph isomorphism problem: theory and applications]]
 
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic10|The 2000 election and what it should teach us (IV.B)]]
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic11|Jefferson vs Hamilton, the US begins (IV.E)]]
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic11|The transportation problem: a glimpse into linear programming]]
 
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| [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic12|Constitutionality of Huntington-Hill (ME-1.B)]]
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Professor Walther, Spring 2016


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Course Info

  • Instructor: Prof. Walther
    • Office: MATH 746
    • email: walther at math dot purdue dot edu
    • Office hours: Tue 1:30-2:30, Th 2:00-3:00.
  • Class time and location: TTh 9:00-10:15, UNIV 217
  • Book: Excursions in modern mathematics (P. Tannenbaum), 7th edition.

Important Links

Course Related Material

Discussion

  • post link to discussion page here
  • post link to discussion page here

Other Links

Your turn! Student Projects

As per the syllabus, 5% of your grade will be based on contributing a Rhea page on a subject related to the course. To pick a subject, simply write your group name next to it. No more than one group per subject. Your page will be graded based on content as well as interactions with other people (page views, comments/questions on the page, etc.). The number of links to other courses and subjects will also be taken into account: the more the merrier! Please do not simply copy the lecture notes and do not plagiarize. Read Rhea's copyright policy before proceeding.

For some lovely contributions, see Honors Project 2011 by Daniel Lee

Deadline: Sunday before dead week

Topic Number Topic Description Team Name
1 The Chinese Postman Problem (5.c) Name
2 Swarm Intelligence (6.c) Name
3 [[Walther_MA279_Spring2016_topic3|DNA-based computing (6.b)] Name
4 Privacy and Social Networks (7.c) Name
5 Alternatives to Kruskal's algorithm (7.a) Name
6 P vs NP: a Clay Millennium Problem with economic flavor Name
7 Dijkstra's algorithm and its variants for shortest paths (7.b) Name
8 Tournaments (8.c) Name
9 The graph isomorphism problem: theory and applications Name
10 Scheduling (Chapter 8) Name
11 The transportation problem: a glimpse into linear programming Name
12 The economic impact of mathematical algorithms in society Name


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