Math 214
Linear Systems
Spring 2007

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Math 214 Spring 2007: Term Projects

The Term Project is 20% of your semester grade. It is an exciting way of synthesizing the material in Math 214 with your own creativity to provide you with a learning experience where you have the opportunity to communicate mathematics in verbal form.

Course Project Information Sheet

Here is a time line of important deadlines to make sure the Term Project is completed successfully.

Project Timeline

Friday February 16: Team Selection and Abstract Submission DUE
 You should submit a typed one page proposal with the name of your project partner (or partners) with a very short paragraph describing the idea you are thinking of exploring for your Term Project. A title should also be included.
Friday March 23: Project Proposal DUE
You should submit a revised abstract and title with attached summary of sources of information  and/or bibliography you are consulting as you research your Term Project topic. Should also include a 1-2 page summary of work done so far and work to be done before the project is completed.
Monday April 9 to Monday April 16: Progress Check
During this week, the Project Group should make an appointment to meet with me together in person to discuss the progress of your project and "check-in" to evaluate what needs to be done to complete the project.
Monday April 30 and Wednesday May 2 Spring 2006 Project Presentations
Oral presentation of projects will be in class on two consecutive days, the last week of class.

Project Papers will not be due until the last day of class: Wednesday May 2.

Project Groups

Monday April 30 (Fowler 110)
Eric Fox and Alex Smith
Modular Arithmetic and Linear Algebra (handout and solutions)
Ian McKinley and Nick Summers
Codabar System Check Digits (hand out)
Jessica Gima and Christopher Wan
The Secrets of Mr. Roboto (hand out)
Wednesday May 2 (Fowler 112)
David Fong and Eric Martinez
Ranking Sports Teams and Internet Searches (handout)
Kevin Hunter and Marcus Yu
The North American Free Trade Agreement Linear Transformations Using Flash Animation (truck and wheel animations)
Mo Dwyer and Daniel Huang
Markovopoly: Exploring Probability and Markov Chains
Ashley Bennett
The Mystery of Magic Squares (handout)

 

Last Updated May 07, 2007