Homework |
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January 17 |
Here is the worksheet that is part of the assignment. (Contact me if you need a historical document to analyze.) |
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January 24 |
Here is a link to the Loomis's textbook Elements of Geometry and Conic Sections. |
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January 31 |
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February 7 |
Here is a digital copy of the Vatican's copy of Elements. Update (February 5): I just posted a corrected copy of the homework. Question 4 referenced the wrong problem in the Katz textbook. Here is a document analysis worksheet tailored to the Vatican's copy of Elements. Thanks to Andrew Hu and Ray Melgares for bringing these issues to my attention. |
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February 14 |
Update (February 12): I just posted a copy that corrects a typo on the homework. Problem 2 erroneously referenced Chapter 1 when it should have referenced Chapter 2. |
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February 21 |
A few students asked me about the problems involving large numbers and Archimedes's system of period and order (as described in The Sand Reckoner). Here's an example of what I have in mind. The distance from the sun to Pluto is 3.7 * 10^9 miles. In Archimedes's system, this is a number of the second order and first period. His numerical system does provide a more precise description. If you need a review of Archimedes's system, it is described in the February 9 notes which also include a full translation of The Sand Reckoner. |
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February 28 |
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March 6 |
No homework. Focus on your essay |
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March 13 |