Here is where I will be posting the homework assignments for Math 181.

Homework 1, due 1/17:

Textbook, section 1.2:

1.d, 3.a, 3.c, 4, 6.c, 7.d, 11.b

Textbook, section 1.3:

1.c, 2.b, 5

Read: https://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/courses/m446-03/pl322/pl322.html

Write a sentence or two about your thoughts on the above reading.

Homework 2, due 1/24:

2.3 1.b, 2.c, 20
2.4 1.a, 3
2.5 1.a, 5, 8, 12
2.6 7, 8

Reading:

– Section 1 and section 9 of the following: https://www.lms.ac.uk/sites/lms.ac.uk/files/2008%20What%27s%20Wrong%20with%20Euclid%20Book%20V.pdf
In the above reading, pay special attention to the paragraph on p. 16 starting “In our discussions”

– p. 523 – 524 of the following: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/661626
In particular, read from “Most historians of mathematics…” to “Ptolemy gathered his geographical data”

– the abstract and the final section (“In conclusion: on method, material, and material culture”) of: http://www.ms.uky.edu/~sohum/ma330/files/manuscripts/neither-sherlock.pdf

Writing:

Write a paragraph summarizing the points made in the above readings.

Homework 3, due 1/31

3.2. 1 (here t2 means the second triangular number), 3, 4.a, 4.b, 6, 7.a, 7.b, 15
3.3 1, 9, 17, 18, 19, 21

Reading:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/babylonians-scientists/462150/

Writing:

Write a few sentences about your reaction to the above reading, and write a paragraph about some elements of Dr. Monroe’s talk (you can write about your reaction, etc.). Slides for his talk are available on the “supplements” section of the website.

Homework 4, due 2/7

3.4. 1, 5, 7
4.2. 1, 2
4.3. 9, 15

Homework 5, due 2/14

4.5. 4, 5
5.5. 7, 8, 16, 18

Reading: http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast121/lectures/lec02.html

Homework 6, due 2/28

6.2: 10
7.3: 3.b, 9, 12
7.4: 1.b, 5

Reading: The following parts of http://www.math.harvard.edu/~mazur/preprints/Delphi.pdf :

Section 1, Section 3, Sections 8 – 9, Section 12

Writing: Write a few sentences about your reaction to the above reading.

Homework 7; due 3/7

8.1: 12
8.2: 11
8.3: 1, 3.a
8.4: 11, 12

Reading: Browse through Newton’s original papers (!!!), available online at http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 (you can actually see eg his annotations)