MA 110: Finite MathDr. Maria Byrne

Instructional Laboratory 0345

As you enter, please pick up a folder from the entrance table. Fold the card inside so that it will

stand on your desk, and write your first name on it in BIG letters. Also write your full name on the tab of the folder (last name first, then first name). Read the

syllabus until class starts.

Today We Will

1. Write names on folders.

2. Meet 2-4 classmates while I take photographs.

3. Go over syllabus completely.

4. Take pre-test..

For next Wendesday: read 1.1 in book.

Dr. Audi ByrnePhD in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame

Dr. Audi ByrneResearch area in biomathematics.

(Dynamical systems and modeling. )

Cellular automata

Multi-cellular Systems

Stochastic Processes

Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey by Johnson / Mowry

Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey

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• NOVEMBER 4, 2008:GENERAL ELECTION - ALL 50 STATES

• Thus we will cover Chapter 6 immediately after Chapter 3. This is OK because the chapters are independent.

Syllabus adjusted to cover election.