Street-Fighting Mathematics
Assignments
Collaboration is fine and encouraged. Write up your own problem set; acknowledge significant help, whether from animate or inanimate sources just as you would in a scientific paper.
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ASSIGNMENTS |
SOLUTIONS |
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Problem set 1 (PDF) |
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Problem set 2 (PDF) |
(PDF) |
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Problem set 3 (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Readings
The readings for each session are designed to be read after attending that session. For a listing of the topics discussed in each session, see here: (PDF)
Published Textbook
Textbook (Earlier Edition)
An earlier version of the textbook as one file may be found here: (PDF - 1.0 MB)
Title page and table of contents (PDF)
References (PDF)
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SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
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1 |
Dimensions |
Chapter 1 - Dimensions, pp. 3-12 (PDF) Questions from lecture 1 (PDF) |
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2 |
Extreme cases |
Chapter 2 - Extreme cases, pp. 13-26 (PDF) Questions and answers from lecture 2 (PDF) |
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3 |
Application: drag |
Chapter 2 - Extreme cases, pp. 26-30 (PDF) Questions from lecture 3 (PDF) |
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4 |
More on drag |
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5 |
Discretization |
Chapter 3 - Discretization, pp. 31-40 (PDF) |
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6 |
Application: pendulum period |
Chapter 3 - Discretization, pp. 41-44 (PDF) |
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7 |
Picture proofs |
Chapter 4 - Picture proofs, pp. 45-56 (PDF) |
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8 |
Taking out the big part |
Chapter 5 - Taking out the big part, pp. 57-79 (PDF) |
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9 |
Analogy |
Chapter 6 - Analogy, pp. 80-85 (PDF) |
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10 |
Application: operators |
Chapter 7 - Operators, pp. 86-90 (PDF) |
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11 |
Application: singing logarithms |
Handout - approximating logarithms using musical intervals (PDF) |