| Date |
Lecture Content |
Files |
| 1/23/17 |
Syllabus overview; Ch.1 The Mathematics of Elections: preference schedules, plurality method |
Scanned notes |
| 1/25/17 |
Ch.1: Borda count method, plurality-with-elimination method |
Scanned notes |
| 1/27/17 |
Ch.1: Method of pairwise comparisons, Arrow's Impossibility Theorem |
Scanned notes |
| 1/30/17 |
Finished up Ch.1; started Ch.2: The Mathematics of Power: weighted voting systems |
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| 2/1/17 |
Ch.2: weighted voting systems (continued), dictators and veto power |
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| 2/3/17 |
Ch.2: Banzhaf power: wining coalitions, critical counts, BPI's |
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| 2/6/17 |
Ch.2: Shapley-Shubik power: sequential coalitions, factorials |
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| 2/8/17 |
Ch.2: Shapley-Shubik power: pivotal players, SSPI's; Example 2.16 from text (not in scans) |
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| 2/10/17 |
Ch.3: The Mathematics of Sharing: divider-chooser method, fair division games |
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| 2/13/17 |
Ch.3: the lone-divider method (by example) |
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| 2/15/17 |
Ch.3: the lone-divider method, continued (formal steps) |
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| 2/17/17 |
Ch.3: Finished lone-divider method, started lone-chooser method |
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| 2/20/17 |
Ch.3: Finished lone-chooser method, began method of sealed bids |
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| 2/22/17 |
Ch.3: The method of sealed bids, continued |
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| 2/24/17 |
Ch.3: The end of the method of sealed bids; the method of markers |
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| 2/27/17 |
Review of the practice exam for Midterm #1 |
practice exam |
| 3/1/17 |
Midterm #1 |
midterm |
| 3/3/17 |
Discussion of grades; review of Midterm #1 |
midterm solutions |
| 3/6/17 |
Ch.5: The Mathematics of Getting Around: street routing problems, intro to graphs |
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| 3/8/17 |
Ch.5: Graph theory rudiments continued |
Scanned notes |
| 3/8/17 |
Ch.5: Graph theory rudiments continued |
Scanned notes |
| 3/10/17 |
Ch. 5: Euler's theorems |
Scanned notes |
| 3/13-3/17 |
Spring Break week! |
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| 3/20/17 |
Ch.5: Review of Euler's theorems, and intro to Fleury's algorithm |
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| 3/22/17 |
Ch.5: More of Fleury's algorithm |
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| 3/24/17 |
Ch.5: Eulerizing a graph |
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| 3/27/17 |
Ch.6: The Mathematics of Touring: Travelling salesman problems, Hamilton circuits/paths |
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| 3/29/17 |
Ch.6: The Brute Force Algorithm |
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| 3/31/17 |
Ch.6: The Nearest Neighbor Algorithm (NNA) |
Scanned notes |
| 4/3/17 |
Ch.6: Repetitive Nearest Neighbor Algorithm (RNNA), Cheapest Link Algorithm |
Scanned notes |
| 4/5/17 |
Ch.7: The Mathematics of Networks |
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| 4/7/17 |
Ch.7: Kruskal's algorithm |
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| 4/10/17 |
Class cancelled |
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| 4/12/17 |
Ch. 7: More examples and exercises |
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| 4/14/17 |
Ch. 9: Population Growth Models |
Scanned notes |
| 4/17/17 |
Review of the practice exam for Midterm #2 |
practice exam |
| 4/19/17 |
Midterm #2 |
midterm |
| 4/21/17 |
Discussion of grades; review of Midterm #1 |
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| 4/24/17 |
Ch. 9: Linear growth |
Scanned notes |
| 4/26/17 |
Ch. 9: More linear growth; started exponential growth |
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| 4/28/17 |
Ch. 9: More exponential growth; the geometric sum formula |
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| 4/28/17 |
Ch. 9: Finished exponential growth; started logistic growth |
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| 5/1/17 |
Ch. 9: More logistic growth |
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| 5/3/17 |
Ch. 9: More logistic growth, Ch. 9 overview |
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| 5/5/17 |
Last class! Review of practice final |
practice final |
| Exam |
File |
| Practice Exam for Midterm #1, without solutions (reviewed in class 2/27/17) |
pdf |
| Practice Exam for Midterm #1, with solutions |
pdf |
| Midterm #1, without solutions (given in class 3/1/17) |
pdf |
| Midterm #1, with solutions |
pdf |
| Practice Exam for Midterm #2, without solutions (reviewed in class 4/17/17) |
pdf |
| Practice Exam for Midterm #2, with solutions |
pdf |
| Midterm #2, without solutions (given in class 4/19/17) |
pdf |
| Midterm #2, with solutions |
pdf |
| Practice Final Exam, without solutions (reviewed in class 5/5/17) |
pdf |
| Practice Final Exam, with solutions |
pdf |