[identity profile] thepersiannadir.livejournal.com2005-09-15 06:17 am
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ADVANCED THEORY: Origins

You should all have partners by now. One person from each pair/triplet will need to come to my desk and write your name and the name of your partner(s) on this paper. As you do so, you will be assigned an ancient society of this dimension to research and present at least three important impacts they had on mathematics today. This will be due next week, and graded. You get the entire day to research.

Sir Nadir Khan
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[identity profile] thepersiannadir.livejournal.com2005-09-15 06:12 am
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ADVANCED THEORY: Literature and And

We will be having a formal discussion (graded) next week evaluating the value of not only incorporating math into a piece of fiction, but of using it as the main structure of the story. Basically, is math a worthwhile subject matter OUTSIDE of the study of math, and how far does that interest go? For this particular seminar, digressions from the question will be allowed if we find a topic of higher intrigue. Grades are determined by relevance and groundedness of an idea, but also for originality. You must comment once during the discussion to recieve a grade (this may go beyond today), and the more you comment the more likely of a better grade (as long as they are all GOOD comments). I will not be participating, so you must propell the discussion on your own. Use Flatland as your primary source, but your own opinions and proof from other works is acceptable.

Sir Nadir Khan
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[identity profile] thepersiannadir.livejournal.com2005-09-08 05:58 am
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Advanced Theory Mathematics

Welcome to Advanced Theory: Origins (3 to 6 PM EST), and Adanced Theory: Literature and Art (7 to 10 EST). I hope that some of you got started on the reading, but this week it is excusable if you did not. Remember to get some dinner between classes if you are doubling both Origins and Literature and Arts, I will not accept students sleeping in the class.

Please continue to introduce yourselves to the rest of your classmates here or in this class time. [OOC: ALL MATHEMATICS COURSES WILL RUN ON SLOW TIME.] You may use the readings as a conversation starter if you choose.

All Advanced Theory students are highly recommended to find one or more partners to discuss material and work throughout the rest of the year. The sooner you can acclimate to a certain person, the better.

You will recieve your syllabi later this day.

Sir Nadir Khan
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