Math 61 Modeling Schedule

Math 61 Modeling, taught by Jim Wiseman
(Schedule subject to change)

Date Topic
Mon 8/30 Modeling
Wed 9/1 Markov chains (Beltrami, ch. 1)
Fri 9/3 Markov chains
Mon 9/6 Markov chains
Wed 9/8 Modeling
Fri 9/10 Modeling
Mon 9/13 Integer allocation (Beltrami, ch. 2)
Wed 9/15 Bibliographic instruction (Science Librarian Meg Spencer)
Fri 9/17 Integer allocation
Mon 9/20 Integer allocation
Wed 9/22 Modeling
Fri 9/24 Modeling
Mon 9/27 Project proposal due.
Graph theory (Beltrami, ch.4)
Wed 9/29 Graph theory
Fri 10/1 Modeling
Mon 10/4 Modeling
Wed 10/6 Midterm.
Fri 10/8 Spatial models of roll-call voting
Mon 10/11 FALL BREAK
Wed 10/13
Fri 10/15
Mon 10/18 Linking and twisting (Beltrami, ch. 5)
Wed 10/20 Linking and twisting
Fri 10/22 Linking and twisting
Mon 10/25 Project outline/bibliography due.
Differential equations (Beltrami, ch. 6)
Wed 10/27 Differential equations
Fri 10/29 Differential equations
Mon 11/1 Differential equations
Wed 11/3 PDEs (Beltrami, ch. 8)
Fri 11/5 PDEs
Mon 11/8 PDEs
Wed 11/10 Calculus of variations (Beltrami, ch. 9)
Fri 11/12 Calculus of variations
Mon 11/15 Calculus of variations
Wed 11/17 Calculus of variations, modeling
Fri 11/19 Adam, Tom
Mon 11/22 Chris, Disha
Wed 11/24 Ian, Yijun
Fri 11/26 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Mon 11/29 Dan, Michelle
Wed 12/1 Rachel, Paul
Fri 12/3 David, Anton
Mon 12/6 Ken, Oswald
Mon 12/13 FINAL PAPER DUE
   

 



Jim Wiseman
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
Swarthmore College