Assignments for Week 4

R = Readings ._._. W = Writings

  1. (R) Read Chapters 5 and 6 of Katz (China and India).
  2. (W) Respond to my poll about the square-root algorithm (see Vista).
  3. (R) Read my "lecture" for the week (when available).
  4. (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
  5. (R, optional) My 2 cents on the Chinese remainder theorem ._._. Current home of RESIDUE_INT is here.
  6. (R, optional) F. J. Swetz, "Leibniz, the Yijing, and the Religious Conversion of the Chinese", Mathematics Magazine 76 (203) 276-291.