posted by Ron Bannon at
9/08/2004 07:58:00 AM
This blog is a non-traditional venue for sharing your thoughts and concerns as they relate to MTH 121, section 002. If you have any questions or comments that are not suitable for this public forum, you can email rbannon@mac.com.
Original documents are typeset in LATEX and then output to pdf. The answer keys are scanned copies of my chicken-scratch and saved in jpeg format. As always, if you have problems with any of these files, you can email me a short description of your troubles and I will try to help.
Yes, I will post each quiz, exam, and the final, along with my answers after they've been given and graded.
Bonus questions are assigned on occasion, and have strict due dates that must be adhered to. If for some reason you cannot physically make the due date, you can email either a pdf, plain text, or jpeg of your work. Please do not send Microsoft Word files.
Expired: 5 points towards quizzes.
Expired: 5 points towards quizzes.
Expired: 5 points towards quizzes.
Expired: 5 points towards quizzes.
Expired: 10 points towards exam #1.
Expired: 5 points towards exam #1.
Expired: 10 points towards exam #1.
Expired: 10 points towards quizzes.
Yes, more bonus questions to come. Please, you can work together on these, but you must write up your own solutions.
A very short list of web sites that might be helpful.
Some interesting projects in distributive computing. Please consider donating some of your spare CPU cycles to one or more of these projects.
"In mathematics, the term "Golomb Ruler" refers to a set of non-negative integers such that no two distinct pairs of numbers from the set have the same difference. Conceptually, this is similar to a ruler constructed in such a way that no two pairs of marks measure the same distance. An Optimal Golomb Ruler (OGR) is the shortest Golomb Ruler possible for a given number of marks. However, finding (and proving) OGR's becomes exponentially more difficult as the number of marks increases, and it is for this reason that we have turned to the web for help in finding the OGR's with 24 and more marks." -distributed.net
Solely dedicated to cracking a RC5-72 encrypted message. It's actually a contest with a reward.
"SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)." -SETI@home
"Folding@Home is a distributed computing project which studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases. We use novel computational methods and large scale distributed computing, to simulate timescales thousands to millions of times longer than previously achieved. This has allowed us to simulate folding for the first time, and to now direct our approach to examine folding related disease." -Folding@Home
"The goal of the NFSNET project is to use the Number Field Sieve to find the factors of increasingly large numbers." -www.nfsnet.org
"Xgrid turns a group of Macs into a supercomputer, so they can work on problems greater than each individually could solve." - Apple Computer
"Does your computer spend most of the day running screensavers or otherwise wasting its computing cycles? Why not use those spare cycles to help solve some huge problems? Try a project in one of the following categories. Note: if a project is followed by parentheses, the project is run on a distributed computing platform" -Kirk Pearson
Some interesting commercial web sites that offer deals and bargains on computer related merchandise and so much more. Basically you'll go broke saving money on these deals. I know, I've bought a fair share of useless stuff that I really don't need. Send me an email if you want to share an interesting source of web-based bargains. Some sites are listed because they offer unusual stuff, but not at a discount.
Welcome! I know how much everyone likes to vote, and I think we've all got an opinion to share. Not that it matters, and in no way is this a scientific study, but none-the-less it's always fun to take a poll. Please consider participating in what I hope will be a weekly event.
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Hey, encourage others to post comments! Tell them how easy it is to post. Maybe we can actually get a lot of people to participate.
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Ron Bannon, at 11:00 PM
Actually that's not such a bad idea. Maybe I'll make a mistake or two, and post early . . . so please stay tuned.
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