Assignments for Week 6

R = Readings ._._. W = Writings

1. (R) In our online textbook read the chapters on Islamic and Medieval periods. Also read my "lecture" for the week (when available).

2. (RW) STANDING ASSIGNMENT EVERY WEEK: Read the parts (if any) of your "general history" book corresponding to this week's material. You are encouraged to mail in ("report to the class") anything interesting or important that you found in your reading that's not in the online material.

3. (W) (For Monday, Oct. 13) From the exercises on Islamic mathematics:
   • 3 (sum of cubes) [The minus should be an equal sign.]
   • 4 (a bit of algebra -- if you want to do more work, do #2 instead:-))

4. (W) (For Monday, Oct. 13) From the exercises on Medieval mathematics:
   • 1 (solution of Fibonacci recursion)
   • 3 (Fibonacci-Pascal relationship)
   • 5 (mean speed rule)

5. Don't forget that you have a book review due at the end of the next week.