Math 30055: The Mathematical Theory of Interest
Spring 2015
Course Information
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I will expect you to read mail sent to your @kent.edu account regularly. I will occasionally send the class emails via Flashline.
New course for Fall 2015: The Mathematics of Social Choice
Semester Schedule with Homework Assignments |
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| Date | Previews (due at the beginning of class) |
Sign-up Homework (put on the board during class) |
Hand-in Homework (due at the beginning of class) |
Announcements | ||
| Week 1 | Monday, 1/12/15 | X | X | X | Bring your book to class. | |
| Tuesday, 1/13/15 | X | X | X | Instructor at Joint Math Meetings: No class | ||
| Thursday, 1/15/15 | Preview §§1.1-1.2
Preview §1.3 |
X | X | |||
| Week 2 | Monday, 1/19/15 | X | X | X | MLK Day: No classes | |
| Tuesday, 1/20/15 | Preview §1.4
Preview §1.5 |
X | X | I suggest working on the exercises together in small groups. | ||
| Thursday, 1/22/15 | Preview §1.6 | §1.2: 1-4.
§1.3: 5-8. §1.4: 9-12. |
X | Quiz 1 covers §§1.1-1.4 (reading, preview, and notes from class).
Quiz 1 solution |
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| Week 3 | Monday, 1/26/15 | Preview §1.7 | You will have another opportunity to sign up for last Thursday's exercises today. | X | ||
| Tuesday, 1/27/15 | X | §1.5: 13-16.
§1.6: 17-19. |
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| Thursday, 1/29/15 | Preview §1.8 | You will have another opportunity to sign up for Tuesday's exercises today. | X | Quiz 2 will cover through §1.6.
Quiz 2 solution |
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| Week 4 | Monday, 2/2/15 | X | X | X | Snow Day: No classes | |
| Tuesday, 2/3/15 | Preview §1.9
Preview §§1.10-11 |
§1.7: 21
§1.8: 28, 30 |
HW1: Write up neat and careful solutions to Exercises 2, 7, 11, 14, 17.
Your work can and should be informed by the discussions in class, but your write-up should be your own work, in your own words. No credit for solutions copied out of the solutions manual. HW1 student solution |
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| Thursday, 2/5/15 | Preview §§2.1-3 | X | X | Quiz 3 will cover through §1.7.
Quiz 3 solution |
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| Week 5 | Monday, 2/9/15 | X | §1.9: 34
§1.10: 38 (Here r and i are fixed.) §2.3: 1 |
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| Tuesday, 2/10/15 | X | X | Hand-in HW2
HW2 student solution |
Quiz 4
Quiz 4 solution |
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| Thursday, 2/12/15 | X | X | X | Equations of Value Worksheet
and solutions |
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| Week 6 | Monday, 2/16/15 | X | X | X | Exam 1 covers Chapters 1 and 2. | |
| Tuesday, 2/17/15 | X | X | X | |||
| Thursday, 2/19/15 | Preview §§3.1-3.2
Preview §3.3 |
X | X | Quiz 5
Quiz 5 solution |
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| Week 7 | Monday, 2/23/15 | X | X | X | ||
| Tuesday, 2/24/15 | X | X | X | |||
| Thursday, 2/26/15 | X | X | X | Quiz 6
Quiz 6 solution |
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| Week 8 | Monday, 3/2/15 | X | X | X | ||
| Tuesday, 3/3/15 | X | X | X | |||
| Thursday, 3/4/15 | X | §3.2: 1;
§3.3: 8; §3.4: 12; §3.5: 19; |
X | No quiz this week. | ||
| Week 9 | Monday, 3/9/15 | X | §3.6: 23;
§3.7: 29; |
X | Quiz 7
Quiz 7 solution |
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| Tuesday, 3/10/15 | X | X | X | |||
| Thursday, 3/12/15 | X | X | X | Quiz 8
Quiz 8 solution |
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| Week 10 | Monday, 3/16/15 | X | X | X | Class canceled due to instructor illness. | |
| Tuesday, 3/17/15 | X | X | X | Class canceled due to instructor illness. | ||
| Thursday, 3/19/15 | X | X | X | |||
| Spring Break | ||||||
| Week 11 | Monday, 3/30/15 | X | §4.2: 1, 2;
§4.3: 5; §4.4: 11; |
X | ||
| Tuesday, 3/31/15 | X | X | X | |||
| Thursday, 4/2/15 | Quiz 9
Quiz 9 solution |
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| Week 12 | Monday, 4/6/15 | X | X | Hand-in HW3
HW3 solution |
Annuity Exercise from class
and solution |
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| Tuesday, 4/7/15 | X | X | X | |||
| Thursday, 4/8/15 | X | X | X | Exam 2 | ||
| Week 13 | Monday, 4/13/15 | X | X | X | ||
| Tuesday, 4/14/15 | X | X | X | |||
| Thursday, 4/16/15 | X | X | X | Amortization schedule example
Quiz 10 | ||
| Week 14 | Monday, 4/20/15 | X | X | X | ||
| Tuesday, 4/21/15 | X | §5.2: 1, 2.
§5.3: 8, 9. |
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| Thursday, 4/23/15 | X | X | X | Quiz 11 | ||
| Week 15 | Monday, 4/27/15 | tba | tba | X | ||
| Tuesday, 4/28/15 | tba | tba | Hand-in HW4 | |||
| Thursday, 4/30/15 | tba | tba | X | Quiz 12 | ||
| Finals Week | Wednesday 5/6/15 10:15--12:30 | Final Exam | ||||
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