Math 130 - Contemporary Mathematics


Weeks 1-4: The Mathematics of Voting, Weighted Voting Systems
Suggested Exercises:
Chapter 1: 3, 5, 13, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 33, 35, 37, 43, 45, 49, 51, 59, 60, 61
Chapter 2: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 25, 29, 33, 43, 46, 53, 55


Weeks 5-6: Fair Divison
Suggested Exercises:
Chapter 3: 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 23, 25, 27, 31, 41, 43, 49, 51, 62
Fair Divison worksheets on Lone-Chooser Method
[Wksht 1],
[Wksht 2].


Weeks 7-8: Apportionment
Suggested Exercises:
Chapter 4: 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 33, 35, 44, 47, 49


Weeks 8-10: Euler Circuits & Hamilton Circuits
Suggested Exercises:
Chapter 5: 1, 5, 6, 9, 11, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 41, 43, 49, 53, 60, 63
Chapter 6: 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 17, 23, 27, 29, 31, 39, 49, 51


Weeks 11-13: Spiral Growth, Linear Growth, & Exponential Growth
Suggested Exercises:
Chapter 9: 1, 3, 5, 17, 25, 35, 37, 38, 41, 45, 48, 55, 72, 73
Chapter 10: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 47, 61


Weeks 14-15: Fractals
Suggested Exercises:
Chapter 12: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19