Assignments of Reading and Problem Sets in Math Thought: Voting, Conflict, and Power
    Spring 2002, Math 120

    April and May, 2002



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    Last modified: March 27, 2002


    Due Reading
    Date   Assignment     Problem Sets
    4/1   Section 3.1, through the top of p. 49     PS 8 due: handout!  
            Continue working on Project 4  
              Continue studying for Exam 2  
    4/3   Review Sections 7.2 and 7.3, all of Chapter 5,     Continue studying for Exam 2  
        and your notes on all these sections     Prepare sheet of notes  
            (one 8.5 x 11 page, front only,  
            handwritten by you)  
              Bring any questions to class Wednesday  
    4/5   Finish Section 3.1.     No homework due this week!  
              Work on Project 4  
    4/8   Review Section 3.1; understand example 2     Project 4 due  
        on page 49 and the proposition and its proof     Work on PS 10 (group)  
        on pages 50-51.      
        Section 3.2 through top of page 53        
    4/10   Finish and review Section 3.2     Continue working on PS 10 (group)  
    4/12   Section 4.1,     PS 9 (group) due:  
        Section 4.2 up through p. 68     Ch. 3: 2, 3, 4, 7, 11a  
    4/15   Finish Section 4.2     Work on PS 11 (ind)  
    4/17   Review Section 4.2, making sure you understand     Continue working on PS 11 (ind)  
        both the multiplication principle and Shapley-     Begin organnizing for Exam 3  
        Shubik        
    4/19   Section 4.3     PS 10 (ind) due:  
            Ch. 4: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6  
              Begin studying for Exam 3  
    4/22   Review Sections 3.1 and 3.2, 4.1 and 4.2,     Continue studying for Exam 3  
        and your notes on all these sections     Prepare a sheet of notes, following  
            the usual rules.  
              Bring any questions to class Monday.  
    4/24   Sections 4.5 and 4.6     Work on PS 12 (group)  
    4/26   Review Sections 4.5 and 4.6     PS 11 (group) due:  
              Ch. 4: 7, 8, 10, 11, 15  
    4/29   Section 9.4 through the end of the proof on p.213     Work on PS 13 (ind)  
    5/1   Section 9.4 to bottom of p. 217     Continue working on PS 13 (ind)  
    5/3   Section 9.4 to bottom of p. 220     Finish PS 12 (not due):  
            Ch. 4: 17, 18  
              Ch. 9: 5ac, 6, 8  


    Here end the assignments for April and May.
    Have a great summer!!


    Janice Sklensky
    Wheaton College
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Science Center, Room 109
    Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
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