Assignments for Week 2
R = Readings ._._. W = Writings
- (R) Read Chapter 2 of Katz (Early Greece and Euclid).
- (R) Read my "lecture" for the week
(when available).
- (W) Homework for Monday, Sept. 11: Katz pp. 62-65, Exercises
1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 18, 20, 25
Remarks:
- #3: Proof by mathematical induction is advised.
- #8: You might want to leave this one till last, so you'll know
whether you have time to read the entire
Meno. In Meno type
"inquisitive" into your Web browser's text search
window to get quickly to the scene with the slave boy.
- #11: Remember that "equivalent" means "if and only if", so you
need two proofs, one in each direction.
- (R, optional)
The Early Period and Eudoxus parts
of Allen's chapter on Greece,
and the relevant part of "Background readings from the Internet"
especially the "How do we know ..." pages and "Trisectrix animation"
(discussed also in my lecture and its addendum).
The article on
Thales by Panchenko has moved on the Internet.