Group Work Guidelines

Each week you will work in a group of three to four students to solve a set of challenging problems.  You must work together on all of the problems - do not employ a "divide and conquer" strategy in which each person works on a separate problem.  Your group will turn in a single write-up of your problems.  This must be a stand-alone document, which could be read by someone who does not have our textbook.  Thus, you must begin by clearly restating each problem.  Your write-up must be complete and clear enough to convince someone who doesn't think that your answer is correct.  You should first work out the answers, then rewrite your solution clearly in a final draft.  Provide an explanation or justification for any step that is not immediately obvious.


Assignment 1 - Due Tuesday of Week 2

Choose one of the following five sets of problems.  Do all of the problems in the set that you choose.

Section
 Problems
1.4
 58, 61, 62, 63
1.5
1.6
1.7
 52
48, 49
24 (do in Mathematica)
2.2
2.3
2.4
 68, 70 (do both in Mathematica)
40
87, 88
2.4
2.6
 87, 88
52, 57


Assignment 2 - Due Tuesday of Week 3

We will be simulating a zombie outbreak during class.  I will give you a set of questions to answer regarding the results.

Assignment 3 - Due Tuesday of Week 4

Choose one of the following three sets of problems.  Do all of the problems in the set that you choose.

Section
 Problems
3.7
3.11
 104
40, 42, 43
3.7
4.7
 102
46, 49, 59
3.11
4.2
4.7
 42
80, 90
56