Assignments for Weeks 13 and 14

R = Readings ._._. W = Writings

1. (R) Read the last three chapters (statistics, geometry, and 20th century).
2. (R) Read my "lecture" for the week (when available).
3. (W) Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 29: Katz p. 474, Exercises 2, 5, 8;
   pp. 492-493, Exercises 5 and 11.
4. (W, optional) A special prize for anybody who can figure out Ex. 18.7. The argument looks like nonsense to me. Why is the area of the country (which obviously affects the slope) relevant?
5. (W) Homework for Monday Dec. 4 (but wouldn't it be nice to turn it in on Nov. 29 and get it over with?): Katz pp. 518-519, Exercises 2, 4, 8, 14.
   Remarks: For definition of quaternions, see p. 424 of Katz and the lecture.
6. (W) Major paper due Tuesday, Dec. 5.
7. (R, optional) Two histories of the recent controversy over mathematics education in the United States.
   1. Schoenfeld
   2. Klein