SUNY at Stony Brook MAT 118: Mathematical Thinking
Fall 2009

Welcome to MAT 118

Important Announcements:

  • November 16: The syllabus has been updated to point out that Mini-Excursion 3 (population growth) will be covered on the final exam.
  • October 10: Some changes to the syllabus have been made. In particular, midterm 2 will cover chapters 5,6 and 9.

There is much more to mathematics than just calculations and solving equations. In this course we will examine several mathematical topics accessible to students with an understanding of high-school mathematics. These will be selected from among the following: voting methods; the mathematics of money; probability; graphs, paths, and networks; tilings and polyhedra; game theory; and other topics.

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