Assignments for Week 4
R = Readings ._._. W = Writings
- (R) Read Chapters 5 and 6 of Katz (China and India).
- (W) Respond to my poll about the square-root algorithm (see Vista).
- (R) Read my "lecture" for the week
(when available).
- (W) Homework for Monday, Sept. 25: Katz pp. 134-136,
Exercises 6, 10, 15, 19, 20;
pp. 157-159, Exercises 4, 12, 14, 18, 22, 28
- (R, optional)
My 2 cents on the Chinese remainder theorem ._._.
Current home of RESIDUE_INT
is here.
- (R, optional)
F. J. Swetz, "Leibniz, the Yijing, and the Religious Conversion of the
Chinese", Mathematics Magazine 76 (203) 276-291.