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Project Rhea for MA 375 Fall 2008 Professor Walther
Basic pointers
- In order to do any editing, you must be logged in.
- If you look under MediaWiki FAQ, you get lots of instructions on how to work with Rhea. Some important things are under item 4 in that manual.
- If you want to do things like $ \sum_{i=1}^\infty 1/i^2 = \frac{\pi^2}{6} $ in Rhea then you should look a) at the "edit" button on this page and b) get acquainted with Latex [1], a text-formatting program designed to write math stuff.
- Here is some more math, to show you mathsymbol commands:
$ \forall x\in{\mathbb R}, x^2\ge 0.\qquad \exists n\in{\mathbb N}, n^2\le 0 $ where $ {\mathbb N}=0,1,2,\ldots $
- If you want to make a new page, all you need to do is to invent one. For example, let's say I want to make a page for further instructions on how to deal with Rhea. I just type "double-left-square-bracket page with more instructions double-right-square-bracket", where of course I use the actual brackets. The effect is: I get a link (initially red_MA375Fall2008walther) to a page that is the empty set. Once I click it, the link page with more instructions_MA375Fall2008walther turns blue and I am transferred to a newborn page of name as indicated.
Note: it may take a few minutes for the new page to start existing. If you click the red link and nothing happens, wait a bit and try again.
Ideas for posting
(Question: Are these just ideas, or are they required? For example, if we do something else instead, would that count for our weekly contribution to Rhea without us having to do these? Answer: ???)
Week 1
For this week, click this link here and on that new page create a page as outlined above. Then move to that page and state your favorite theorem. Why is it your favorite theorem? Have other people the same favorite theorem? Crosslink! Use the math-environment if appropriate.
Week 3
For week 3: post and discuss the notion/theorem that you have found hardest to understand so far. Alternatively, find somebody else's post and reply to it by explaining how you understand things.
Temporary listing of homework pages
This way they aren't lost/forgotten. Feel free to redo this in a better way
Assignment 1: Due 9/4
- 4.1 Homework_MA375Fall2008walther (Mathematical Induction)
- 7.5 Homework_MA375Fall2008walther (Basic Counting)
Assignment 2: Due 9/11
- 5.1 Homework_MA375Fall2008walther (Basics of Counting)
Lecture Notes
- 2008/09/09_MA375Fall2008walther - Choosing n fruits from r baskets, Stars and Bars, Kids and Chocolate, Driving Directions
- 2008/09/04_MA375Fall2008walther - Permutations and Combinations, Binomial Coefficients, Pascal's Triangle, Binomial Theorem
- 2008/09/02_MA375Fall2008walther - Inclusion-Exclusion Principle
- 2008/08/28_MA375Fall2008walther - More induction, An intro to clever counting techniques
- 2008/08/26_MA375Fall2008walther - Principle of Induction
