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\centerline{SCI 199 Mathematical Explorations}
\centerline{ Assignment 2}
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{Prof. McCann \hfill
 \hfill Due: Thursday Sept. 24, 2009}

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Extra office hour: Tues 9/22 16h10-17h00 BA 6124 (or BA 2135 depending on turn out)

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NOT TO BE HANDED IN:

Read and work out Stories 4-5 of section 1.1 of ``Heart".

Play the ``Dodge Ball" game with a friend or a classmate.

Read Sections 2.6-2.7 and 3.1--3.2.

Be prepared, as usual, to be quizzed on this material.

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TO BE TURNED IN:  \S 2.7 \# 29, 32, \S 2.8 \# 6

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Always justify your answers as completely as possible with logical reasoning,
and organize and present your solutions as cleanly and neatly as you can.

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RECALL:  An electronic journal entry is due by Sept. 24.

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Of related interest:
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$\bullet$ A used copy of the textbook is available for \$70 from {\tt yingch.chen@utoronto.ca} (647) 895-2261

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$\bullet$ Next week,  we'll be talking about how to wrap your mind around the concept of infinity
(and to quantify the size of infinity,  while we're at it).
There's a public lecture by Professor James Robert Brown (UofT Philosophy)
on the same topic 16h30-17h30 Wednesday Sept. 23, 2009 in BA 1180 arranged by the
Math Student Union which may be relevant and interesting:

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{\tt http://mathunion.wikispaces.com/Sept.+23+-+Jim+Brown+-+Continuum+Hypothesis}


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$\bullet$ Also,  if you decide to become a math major and get serious about it,
there are scholarships available each year to learn math the Russian way (and Russian!)
by spending a semester in Moscow:

{\tt www.mccme.ru/mathinmoscow/} \qquad
{\tt www.cms.math.ca/Scholarships/Moscow}


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ELECTRONIC JOURNAL PROCEDURE:

Each week you'll be expected to make a journal entry ranging from a paragraph to
a page documenting your reactions to the material in the course.  How has the course
affected your perceptions of mathematics?  How has it affected you?  Have there been
any unexpected surprises?

Four times during the semester I will be expecting you
to email ONE such journal entry to me at {\tt mccann@math.toronto.edu}.
It can be any one of the entries from the preceding three week period.
These will be graded only on a SATISFACTORY / UNSATISFACTORY basis.
However,  they will help
document your progress in the course and keep me in touch with your experiences,
while also giving you an opportunity to work on your writing skills.
These four journal entries will be due %on the following schedule:
by the following dates: Sept. 24, Oct. 15, Nov. 5 and Nov. 26 respectively.


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%Schedule for journal entries:

%First entry due by Sept. 24;

%Second entry due after Sept. 25 and before Oct. 15;

%Third entry due  after Oct. 16 and before Nov. 5;

%Final entry due after Nov. 6 and before Nov 26.

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%In the event you are forced to miss one or more lectures for any reason other than medical
%(with written documentation),  your attendance and participation grade will suffer.  However,
%one absence will be excused if you send me an email explaining the reason for your absence
%along with an additional journal entry above and beyond those described above.  If you follow
%the same procedure with additional absences,  I may or may not choose to excuse them at my
%sole discretion.  Missed quizzes cannot be made up,  and will not be excused except for
%documented medical reasons.  Assignments are expected to be turned in on time even if you
%are absent,  and in exceptional circumstances can be scanned and e-mailed to the professor
%at mccann-AT-math-DOT-toronto-DOT-edu,  or failing that, FAXed to his attention at (416) 978-4107.

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IDEAS:  See \S 2.7 \#41 if you find yourself stuck for ideas for your journal entry.
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