Assignments for January and February in Math and Politics

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

January and February, 2002

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Last modified: February 1, 2002

In the following table, please note:

The dates in the first column are due dates. For instance, before class on January 30, you need to have read Guidelines for Submitting Reading Assignments, Suggestions for Reading a Math Text, Course Polices, and Section 1.1.
In the 3rd column, the (group) or (ind) following a problem set -- PS 2 (group) or PS 3 (ind), for instance -- tell you whether the problem set is a group assignment or an individual assignment.
You can find the problems at the end of the chapter. Thus even if we've only read Section 1.1 and 1.2, you need to go all the way to the end of Chapter 1 to find the problems.
Looking at column 3, you will notice that I refer to PS 2 twice before you ever see what the problems in PS 2 are. I know it's not a perfect system, but I decided it made the most sense to list the problems in the row corresponding to the day it's due, not the day I first suggest you start working on it.

Due	Reading
Date	Assignment	Problem Sets
1/30	Guidelines for Submitting Reading Assignments
	Suggestions for Reading a Math Text
	Course Polices
	Section 1.1
2/1	Section 1.2	PS 1 due: Letter/Essay to me in
		reaction to the course policies
2/4	Re-read Section 1.2; make sure you understand	Begin working on PS 2 (group)
	Section 1.3; focus on the main point
	Hand out on Problem Sets
	Guidelines for Homework Presentation (website)
2/6	Sections 1.4, 1.5	Continue working on PS 2
2/8	Re-read all of Chapter 1, and all your notes;	PS 2 (group) due:
	make sure you really understand all of it.	Ch. 1: 1, 3b, 4b, 6b, 11
		(for 3b, 4b, 6b, the necessary
		definitions begin in the middle of
		of page 17)
2/11	Section 2.1	Begin working on PS 3 (ind)
2/13	Section 2.2	Continue working on PS 3 (ind)
2/15	Section 2.3, 2.5	PS 3 (ind) due:
	Re-read Section 2.2, apply the ideas to 2.3, 2.5	Ch. 1: 15, 16, 17
		and
		do a game-tree analysis for a
		dollar auction where the bankroll is 4
		the stakes are 4, and where the
		punishing convention is used.
2/18	Section 2.4, 2.6	Begin working on PS 4 (group)
	Description of Project 1	Think about Project 1 over weekend
2/20	Re-read all of Chapter 2, and all your notes;	Continue working on PS 3 (group);
	make sure you really understand all of it.	Project 1 should be well underway
	Description of Project 2	Begin organizing for Exam 1
2/22	Section 7.2	Begin studying for Exam 1
		Project 1 due
		PS 4 (group) due:
		Ch. 2: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
2/25	Review all of Chapters 1 and 2, and your notes	Continue studying for Exam 1
		Prepare sheet of notes
		(one 8.5 x 11 page, front only,
		handwritten by you)
		Bring any questions to class Monday
2/27	Section 7.3, up to bottom of page 163;	Work on PS 5 (ind)
	Really pay attention to connection between the	Work on Project 2
	game-tree and what the author is saying.
	Re-read description of Project 2
	Re-read website, handout on problem sets

Here end the assignments for January and February
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Janice Sklensky

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