Course Info: NS-0216
| Course | NS-0216 Math Experiments/Reasoning I |
| Long Title | Mathematical Experiments and Reasoning I |
| Term | 2017F |
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Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Cole Science Center 3-OPEN on M,W,F from 1:00-2:20 |
| Faculty | Geremias Polanco Encarnacion |
| Capacity | 13 |
| Available | 6 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) | |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Quantitative Skills |
| Additional Info | In this course students are generally expected to spend at least 6 to 8 hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. |
| Description | This course focused on skills rather than content. The skills emphasized were the essential ones needed to work in any area in which a quantitative background is required. We focused on the following: using computers to gain insight and develop intuition and to discover new patterns and relationships; using graphical display to suggest mathematical principles; testing and falsifying conjectures; exploring a possible result to see if it is worth a formal proof; suggesting approaches for formal proof; learning how to construct formal proofs; replacing lengthy hand-derivations with computer-based derivations; and confirming analytically-derived results. The topics studied were the means to our desired end: obtaining the skills described above. They came mostly from Number Theory. |