SUNY Geneseo Department of Mathematics
Monday, January 27
Math 223 01
Spring 2020
Prof. Doug Baldwin
Make a 3-minute movie in 24 hours.
Coming up on March 27.
I’ll offer up to half a problem set extra credit if you make a movie with some sort of math-based plot, but not a tutorial (think Flatland, Alice in Wonderland, etc. as examples, though obviously too long).
See geneseo.edu/insomnia for more information and registration.
...is now open
Monday through Friday 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Monday through Thursday 7:00 - 10:00 PM
See https://www.geneseo.edu/math/mlc for more information.
A programmable computer algebra system.
Demonstrations and chances to try out some features we’ll use, including...
See this Mathematica notebook for a transcript of exactly what we did.
For more information on using Mathematica, the manufacturer’s documentation is at https://reference.wolfram.com/language/
... on 3D coordinates and Mathematica.
See the handout for details.
Notice the face-to-face grading: the “complete by” date is the date after which I’ll assume you’re done with this problem set and ready for another. The “grade by” date is a day or so later, and is the day by whose end (5:00 PM) you need to have met with me to go over your solution. Schedule meetings through Google calendar; I’ll demonstrate how, if you want, next class. I’ll give extensions of “grade by” dates if your schedule doesn’t permit you to meet with me before the original one and you notify me on or before the “complete by” date.
More surfaces in 3 dimensions, particular general cylinders and quadrics.
Between now and Wednesday’s class, use Mathematica to see what happens if you plot a “sphere” in which the x, y, and z terms have different coefficients, for instance 2x2 + 1/4 y2 + 9z2 = 1. The result should be an example of a quadric surface.
Read section 11.6.