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January 2006 Mathematics Notebook
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Tuesday January 6, 2006
Learning Log Number 3

8:20 am Ballina NSW Australia

I want to have a play with the Mathematica file that I downloaded from UIUC on parametric plots. Following the file for 0.1 Plot Functions is straight forward, but the commands and trigonometric functions for 0.2 ParametricPlot2D are overwhelming.

Now to download the next few Mathematica files from the UIUC website. Done. 9:40 am

3:05 PM

Mathematics
Description
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End
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Calculus
Calculus. 6th ed. (1998). Roland Larson, Robert Hostetler & Bruce Edwards Nov 09/05    
Chap. P Preparation for the calculus [p. 1 - 38]
Nov 09/05 Nov 13/05 Yes
Chap. 1.1 A Preview of Calculus [p. 39 - 46]
Jan 01/06 Jan 01/06 Yes
Chap. 1.2 Finding Limits Graphically and Numerically [p. 47 - 55]
Jan 04/06 Jan 04/06 Yes
Chap. 1.3 Evaluating Limits Analytically [p.56 - 66]
     
 
      
University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne web site      
0.1 PlotFunctions.nb
Jan 01/06 Jan 01/06 Yes
0.2 ParametricPlot2D.nb
Jan 01/06 Jan 01/06 Yes
0.3 ParametricPlot3D.nb
Jan 06/06 Jan 06/06 Yes
       
Mathematica
Mathematica Navigator. 2nd ed. (2004). Heikki Ruskeepaa      
Fractals & Chaos
The Computational Beauty of Nature. (1998). Gary William Flake      
       
Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz. (2005). Edward Burger & Michael Starbird Dec 03/05    
Read chaps 1 - 6
Dec 03/05 Dec 15/05 Yes
Make MindGenius map for chaps 1 - 2
Dec 15/05 Dec 15/05 Yes
Make MindGenius map for chap 3
Dec 16/05 Dec 16/05 Yes
       
Number Theory
Meta Math! - The Quest for Omega. (2005). Gregory Chaitin      
       
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity. (2003). David Foster Wallace      
       
Dr. Riemann's Zeros. (2002). Karl Sabbagh Dec 29/05    
Read chap 1 "Prime Time"
Dec 29/05 Dec 29/05 Yes
Read chap 2 " 'Gorgeous Stuff' "
Dec 30/05 Dec 30/05 Yes
Read chap 3 "New Numbers for Old"
     
       
Fundamentals of Number Theory. (1977). William J. LeVeque      
       
The Divine Proportion. (1970). H. E. Huntley      
       
Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant. (2003). Julian Havil      

 

      

This has been an engrossing session! Finding the UIUC site for Calculus and Mathematica was stunning. It has been a long time since I had so much fun. 1:45 PM

Total elapsed time for the day: 3 hr 15 min.