Previous Weeks in Math 103

This file will contain the week-to-week reading and lecture schedules as they actually happened.  At the end of the week the "this week" page will be modified to reflect what actually happened and will be appended to this file.

Week 1:  Monday, January 16

  • Topics:
    • Introduction to the course
    • An introduction to management science
  • Reading
    • 1.1 - 1.3

Monday:

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday celebrated.  No classes or office hours

Tuesday:

  • Classes begin
  • Introduction to the course

Thursday:

  • Snow day - no classes

Friday:

  • Some graph theory:  Euler circuits (1.1)

Other Notes:

  • Monday, January 16, is Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday celebration.  No classes or office hours.

Week 2:  Monday, January 23

  • Topics:
    • Urban Services
    • Business Efficiency
  • Reading
    • 1.2 - 1.4
    • 2.1 - 2.3

Monday:

  • More on Euler circuits (1.2)

Tuesday:

  • More on Euler circuits (1.2 - 1.3)

Thursday:

  • The Chinese Postman Problem
  • Traversal problems (1.4)
  • Biography:  Leonhard Euler

Friday:

  • Hamiltonian Circuits (2.1)
  • The world-renown Traveling Salesperson Problem (2.2 - 2.3)

Other Notes:

  • Office hours begin this week.
  • Next Monday, January 30, is the last day to drop without record.

Week 3:  Monday, January 30

  • Topics:
    • Business Efficiency
    • Planning and Scheduling
  • Reading
    • 2.2 - 2.5
    • 3.1 - 3.2

Monday:

  • The world-renown Traveling Salesperson Problem (2.2 - 2.3)

Tuesday:

  • The world-renown Traveling Salesperson Problem (2.2 - 2.3)
  • Biography:  William Rowan Hamilton
  • Possible, nearly impossible, and impossible in computer science:  NP-complete problems and the limits of computability.

Thursday:

  • Trees
  • Spanning trees (2.4)

Friday:

  • Spanning trees (2.4)
  • Critical Path Analysis (2.5)

Other Notes:

  • Monday, January 30, is the last day to drop without record.
  • Exam #1 will be Friday, February 17

Week 4:  Monday, February 6

  • Topics:
    • Planning and Scheduling
    • Linear Programming
  • Reading
    • Finish Chapter 3, start Chapter 4

Monday:

  • Planning and scheduling (3.1)

Tuesday:

  • Planning and scheduling (3.1)
  • Critical Path Schedules (3.2)

Thursday:

  • Critical Path Schedules (3.2)

Friday:

  • Critical Path Schedules (3.2)
  • Independent Tasks (3.3)

Other Notes:

  • Exam #1 will be next week (Friday, February 17)

Week 5:  Monday, February 13

  • Topics:
    • Linear Programming
  • Reading
    • Chapter 4

Monday:

  • Introduction to Linear Programming (4.1)

Tuesday:

  • Finding the optimal production point (4.2)

Thursday:

  • Why the corner point principle works (4.3)
  • Review for exam #1

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #1

Other Notes:

  • Exam #1 will be this Friday, February 17

Week 6:  Monday, February 20

  • Topics:
    • Introduction to Statistics
  • Reading
    • Chapters 5, 6

Monday:

  • Exam #1 Returned and discussed

Tuesday:

  • No class (instructor ill)

Thursday:

  • Introduction to statistics (Chapter 5)
  • Exploring data
  • Introduction to MiniTab

Friday:

  • More on Minitab
  • Exploring data

Other Notes:

  • Next Monday, February 27, is the last day to drop with an automatic W
  • Hour Exam #2 will be Friday, March 23

Week 7:  Monday, February 27

  • Topics:
    • Statistics
  • Reading
    • Chapters 5 - 7

Monday:

  • Numeric descriptions of distributions (Chapter 5)

Tuesday:

  • Numeric descriptions of distributions (Chapter 5)

Thursday:

  • Exploring relationships (Chapter 6)

Friday:

  • Exploring relationships (Chapter 6)

Other Notes:

  • Monday, February 27, is the last day to drop with an automatic W
  • Hour Exam #2 will be Friday, March 23
  • No classes or office hours next Friday, March 9 (Columbia History of Science Seminar)

Week 8:  Monday, March 5

  • Topics:
    • Statistics
  • Reading
    • Chapter 8

Monday:

  • Exploring relationships (Chapter 6)
  • Data for Decisions (Chapter 7)

Tuesday:

  • Data for Decisions (Chapter 7)

Thursday:

  • Discussion of Assignment #7

Friday:

Other Notes:

  • Mid-term is Friday, March 9 (not an exam day for us)
  • Friday, March 9, I will be traveling to the Columbia History of Science Seminar in Friday Harbor.  No classes or office hours.
  • Exam #2 will be the Friday after our return from Spring Break

Week 9:  Monday, March 12

  • Spring Break!  No classes or office hours

 

Week 10:  Monday, March 19

  • Topics:
    • Statistics
  • Reading
    • Chapter 7

Monday:

  • Statistical Inference (Chapter 7)

Tuesday:

  • Statistical Inference (Chapter 7)

Thursday:

  • Statistical Inference (Chapter 7)
  • Review for the second hour exam

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #2

Other Notes:

  • Exam #2 will be this Friday

Week 11:  Monday, March 26

  • Topics:
    • Probability
    • Introduction to game theory
  • Reading
    • Chapters 15, 17

Monday:

  • Exam #2 returned and discussed

Tuesday:

  • Statistical Inference (Chapter 7)

Thursday:

  • Introduction to Probability (Chapter 8)

Friday:

  • Introduction to Probability (Chapter 8)

Other Notes:

  • Exam #3 will be Friday, April 20.

Week 12:  Monday, April 2

  • Topics:
    • Probability (Chapter 8)
  • Reading
    • Chapter 8

Monday:

  • Introduction to Probability (Chapter 8)

Tuesday:

  • Introduction to Probability (Chapter 8)

Thursday:

  • Introduction to Probability (Chapter 8)

Friday:

  • Introduction to Probability (Chapter 8)

Other Notes:

  • Exam #3 will be Friday, April 20.

Week 13:  Monday, April 9

  • Topics:
    • Probability (Chapter 8)
    • Introduction to Game Theory (Chapter 15)
  • Reading
    • Chapters 8, 15

Monday:

  • Introduction to Probability (Chapter 8)

Tuesday:

  • Introduction to Probability (Chapter 8)
    • The Central Limit Theorem

Thursday:

  • Introduction to Game Theory (Chapter 15)

Friday:

  • Introduction to Game Theory (Chapter 15)

Other Notes:

  • Exam #3 will be next Friday, April 20.

Week 14:  Monday, April 16

  • Topics:
    • Game Theory
  • Reading
    • Chapter 15

Monday:

  • Introduction to Game Theory (Chapter 15)

Tuesday:

  • Introduction to Game Theory (Chapter 15)

Thursday:

  • Review for Exam #3

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #3

Other Notes:

  • Exam #3 will be this Friday, April 20.
  • Reception for the Senior Art Show is Wednesday, April 18, 5 - 7

Week 15:  Monday, April 23

  • Topics:
    • Introduction to Game Theory
  • Reading
    • Chapters 15

Monday:

  • Exam #3 returned and discussed

Tuesday:

  • Introduction to Game Theory (Chapter 15)

Thursday:

  • Introduction to Game Theory (Chapter 15)

Friday:

  • Introduction to Game Theory (Chapter 15)

Other Notes:

  • There will be an optional re-take of Exam #3 Monday, April 30, following the same review document for Exam #3.

Week 16:  Monday, April 30

  • Topics:
    • Review for final exam
  • Reading

Monday:

  • Optional retake of Exam #3

Tuesday:

  • Review for final exam

Thursday:

  • Reading Period:  No classes.  Office hours to be announced

Friday:

  • Reading Period:  No classes.  Office hours to be announced

Other Notes:

  • Wednesday, May 2, is the last day of classes.
  • Tuesday, May 1, is the last day of classes for us.  All homework must be in by 5:00 on Tuesday, May 1.
  • Math 103 has a final exam scheduled for Wednesday, May 9, 4:00 - 6:00 PM.  It will be a two-hour, comprehensive exam having the weight of two hour exams.  University regulations require that all students in this class take the final at this time.

Week 17:  Monday, May 7

  • Topics:
    • Final Exams

Final Exam: Math 103 has a final exam scheduled for Wednesday, May 9, 4:00 - 6:00 PM.  It will be a two-hour, comprehensive exam having the weight of two hour exams.  University regulations require that all students in this class take the final at this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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