Matthew L. Wright
Associate Professor, St. Olaf College

Modern Computational Math

Math 242 ⋅ Spring 2023

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Do the following before the first class:
  • Complete the Introductory Survey.
  • Install Mathematica on your computer. If you've already installed Mathematica, open it up and check that your license key is still active. You might be prompted to upgrade to the most recent version. For assistance, see this IT Help Desk page.
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Wednesday
February 8
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Friday
February 10
Madhava series for \(\pi\)
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Monday
February 13
Inverse tangent formulas for \(\pi\)

MSCS Colloquium: Summer Research in MSCS; Monday, Feb. 13, 3:30pm in RNS 310

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Wednesday
February 15
Formulas for \(\pi\) by Ramanujan and others
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Friday
February 17
Probabilistic approaches for \(\pi\)

MSCS Research Seminar: Prof. Paula Mercurio, Network Embeddings for Potential Energy Landscapes, Feb. 17, 3:30pm in RNS 204; video

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Monday
February 20
Fibonacci numbers

MSCS Colloquium: Prof. Steve McKelvey, "Applied Mathematics and Bad Intuition: Two Examples," Monday, Feb. 20, 3:30pm in RNS 310; video

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Wednesday
February 22
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Friday
February 24
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Monday
February 27
Fibonacci polynomial identities

MSCS Colloquium: Prof. Mckenzie West (U. Wisconsin Eau Claire) — cancelled, to be rescheduled

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Wednesday
March 1
Generalized Fibonacci numbers

MSCS Colloquium: T.J. Reinartz, "From Objects to N-grams: Programming the Journey with Data and Data Structures," Wednesday, March 1, 3:30pm in RNS 310

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Friday
March 3
Generalized Fibonacci numbers

MSCS Research Seminar: Prof. Kendra Killpatrick (Pepperdine University), "Fibonacci Numbers, Catalan Numbers, and the Super FiboCatalan Numbers," Friday, March 3, 3:30pm in RNS 204; video

OleHacks Guest Speakers: Dr. Dustin Dannenhauer, March 3, 7:30pm on Zoom and Dr. Leilani Gilpin, March 4, 1pm on Zoom

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Monday
March 6
\(\pi\) Project
revisions due

MSCS Colloquium: Prof. Layla Oesper (Carleton College), "Combining CS and Biology: Algorithms for comparing and summarizing tumor trees," Monday, March 6, 3:30pm in RNS 310

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Wednesday
March 8
Heights of Collatz sequences
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MSCS Research Seminar: Prof. Kristopher Hollingsworth (MN State University, Mankato), "Discrete Frames for High-Dimensional Data" Friday, March 10, 3:30pm in RNS 204; video

BRIDGES Part 3: Pathways Friday, March 10, 5–7pm in Buntrock Sun Ballroom

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Monday
March 13

MSCS Colloquium: Prof. Michael Orrison (Harvey Mudd College), "Voting and Linear Algebra: Connections and Questions," Monday, March 13, 3:30pm in RNS 310; video

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Wednesday
March 15
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Friday
March 17
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Monday
March 20
Logistic map bifurcation diagrams

MSCS Colloquium: Claire Kelling (Carleton College) Monday, March 20, 3:30pm in RNS 310

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Wednesday
March 22
The Feigenbaum Constant
Have a great spring break! No class March 24–31.
Monday
April 3
Introduction to Python
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Wednesday
April 5
Prime Numbers
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Friday
April 7
Prime numbers: Sieve of Eratosthenes
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Monday
April 10
Prime numbers: Sieve of Eratosthenes
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Wednesday
April 12
Properties of prime numbers
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Friday
April 14
Counting Primes
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Monday
April 17
Counting Primes and the Riemann Zeta Function
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Wednesday
April 19
Counting Primes and the Riemann Zeta Function
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Friday
April 21
To be determined
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Monday
April 24
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Wednesday
April 26
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Friday
April 28
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Monday
May 1
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Wednesday
May 3
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Friday
May 5
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Monday
May 8
Final projects
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Wednesday
May 10
Final projects
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Friday
May 12
Final projects
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Monday
May 15
Final projects
We've made it to the end of the semester! A few last things to do:
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Friday
May 19
Math 242B: Final Presentations 9:00–11:00am
Monday
May 22
Math 242A: Final Presentations 9:00–11:00am