Welcome to Math 245, Mathematical Models, this Spring 2014!

Course Information

• Course Syllabus
• Read Letters from past students
• Course Calendar
• Homework Assignments, Lecture Notes, and Topics Covered
• Guidelines for completing homework assignments
• A description of the term-long project.
• Course resources for Mathematica
• A link to Blackboard

Key Dates: (subject to change)

• First Day of Class: January 27
• Project Topic Due: March 3
• First Exam: March 17
• Final Draft of Project Due: April 9
• Project Due: April 28
• Second Exam: May 7
• Last Day of Class: May 14
• Project Presentations: May 12, May 14, and during the scheduled final exam time.

Mathematical Models links:

• Wolfram Alpha
• The case for fitting data points visually
• Chaos in dynamical systems (Logistic Map)
• Help determine if a variable is dependent or independent
• Sampling methods
• Least-Squares Polynomial Applet
• Modeling using random numbers
• 2D Random Walk Simulation of a walk on an infinite grid.
• 2D Random Walk Simulation of a sailor through city blocks
• Modeling people's behavior for going to a bar
• Crime Fighting and Mathematical Models
• Examples of Correlation not implying Causation (read the first answer)
• Things that correlate
• Extrapolation: Moore's Law
• DataGenetics: A wonderful blog of data driven analysis.
• A refresher about random variables (YouTube)