Mathematics 251 - Lab: Math Experimentation
Spring
2013
01
4.00
Giuliana Davidoff
TTH 01:15PM-03:15PM
Mount Holyoke College
83235
Clapp Laboratory 401
gdavidof@mtholyoke.edu
Offers mathematics as a laboratory science. After a short introduction to the computer, uses hand and computer computation to explore mathematical ideas. Directs laboratory projects toward discovery of properties and patterns in mathematical structures. The choice of projects varies from year to year and is drawn from algebra, analysis, discrete mathematics, geometry, and statistics.
Prereq: Mathematics 202 or permission of instructor