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== Your turn! Student Projects  ==
 
== 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 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 name next to "names". No more than 5 students per topic! Note: don't try to erase other people from a topic. I will know about it.
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If you have an idea for another topic that you like, just add a new row and fill it.
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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. What I am looking for is a story in you OWN words, not smart comments by an expert. I want to see you digested the topic, not that you can quote other people on it.
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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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| Primes numbers in arithmetic progressions
 
| [[Walther375Spring2014 Primes numbers in arithmetic progressions|Name]]
 
| [[Walther375Spring2014 Primes numbers in arithmetic progressions|Name]]
 
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| Cardinals versus ordinals: size and counting
| [[Walther375Spring2014  Cardinals versus ordinals: size and counting|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014 |Names]]
 
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| P=NP and complexity of algorithms
| [[Walther375Spring2014  P=NP and complexity of algorithms|Name]]
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| Unique factorization: how special are the integers?
| [[Walther375Spring2014  Unique factorization: how special are the integers?|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014 |Names]]
 
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| 5  
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| Markov chains: what and how?
| [[Walther375Spring2014  Markov chains: what and how?|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014 |Names]]
 
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| 6  
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| Cantor's "continuum hypothesis", what is it about?
| [[Walther375Spring2014  Cantors "continuum hypothesis", what is it about?|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014 |Names]]
 
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| Flows and cuts in graphs: Menger's theorem
| [[Walther375Spring2014  Flows and cuts in graphs: Menger's theorem|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014 |Names]]
 
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| How do Hamming codes correct errors?
| [[Walther375Spring2014  How do Hamming codes correct errors?|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014 |Names]]
 
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| Coloring regular polygons: the theorems of Burnside and Polya
| [[Walther375Spring2014  Coloring regular polygons: the theorems of Burnside and Polya|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014 |Names]]
 
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| Simplicial complexes: higher dimensional versions of graphs
| [[Walther375Spring2014 Simplicial complexes: higher dimensional versions of graphs|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014 |Names]]
 
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| Generalizing Kuratowski's theorem: drawing graphs on a doughnut
| [[Walther375Spring2014  Generalizing Kuratowski's theorem: drawing graphs on a doughnut|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014  |Names]]
 
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|  What exactly is "1"? Defining integers from scratch.
| [[Walther375Spring2014 What exactly is "1"? Defining integers from scratch.|Name]]
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| [[Walther375Spring2014  |Names]]
 
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| How many lines meet 3 given lines in 3-space?
| [[Walther375Spring2014  How many lines meet 3 given lines in 3-space?|Name]]
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Revision as of 07:54, 30 January 2014


Rhea Section for MA375: "Discrete Mathematics"

Professor Walther, Spring 2014



Welcome!

Please write [[Category:MA375Spring2014Walther]] at the bottom of each of your pages,

OTHERWISE NO CREDIT !


Course Info

  • Instructor: Prof. Walther
    • Office: MATH 746
    • email: walther at math dot purdue
    • Office hours: WRITE OFFICE HOURS HERE
  • Book: WRITE BOOK HERE

Important Links

Course Web Page 

Discussion


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 name next to "names". No more than 5 students per topic! Note: don't try to erase other people from a topic. I will know about it.

If you have an idea for another topic that you like, just add a new row and fill it.

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. What I am looking for is a story in you OWN words, not smart comments by an expert. I want to see you digested the topic, not that you can quote other people on it.

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 (May 1, 2014) FIX THE DATE

Topic Number Topic Description Team Name
1 Primes numbers in arithmetic progressions Name
2 Cardinals versus ordinals: size and counting Names
3 P=NP and complexity of algorithms Names
4 Unique factorization: how special are the integers? Names
5 Markov chains: what and how? Names
6 Cantor's "continuum hypothesis", what is it about? Names
7 Flows and cuts in graphs: Menger's theorem Names
8 How do Hamming codes correct errors? Names
9 Coloring regular polygons: the theorems of Burnside and Polya Names
10 Simplicial complexes: higher dimensional versions of graphs Names
11 Generalizing Kuratowski's theorem: drawing graphs on a doughnut Names
12 What exactly is "1"? Defining integers from scratch. Names
13 How many lines meet 3 given lines in 3-space? Names



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