Research+Topics+12th

Go to the following website and read about mathematics and "The Simpsons." Write your impressions about the article. []
 * April 21-25, 2014**


 * NO MORE RESEARCH...**

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 * April 7-11, 2014 **
 * Go to the following website and read about the award winning Russian mathematician Yakov Sinai. Write your impressions about the article. **

[] Read the article and watch the video. Write your impressions of the article and the video. Go to the following website and read about complex numbers and their uses in the real world. Comment on what you read. Be sure to make a reference to "j." [] Go to the following website: [] Read the article (please ignore the use of one foul word at the beginning of the article) and comment on what you read.
 * March 24-28, 2014 **
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 * March 3-7, 2014 **
 * No research this week! **
 * February 17-21, 2014**
 * February 3-7, 2014**

Go to the following website, click on "bubble" 1 (especially the 3rd and 4th paragraphs), read the article, and write a few paragraphs about what you read. [] .
 * January 20-24, 2014**

[] Read the article and comment on each mathematician using complete sentences. Go to the following website and read the article. [|http://www.math.twsu.edu/history/Topics/algebra.html#boolean-alg] Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 1. Symbolic or Boolean algebra had a predecessor, what was it? 2. What mathematician developed symbolic logic, when, and why? 3. What is symbolic Boolean algebra's main concern? 4. What co-founder of the Calculus also worked with Boolean algebra? 5. Who was the founder of modern symbolic logic? 6. What two mathematicians tried to reduce all mathematics to logic but failed? 7. In what year was symbolic logic used first in telephone switching units and computers? 8. What are the three symbolic logic operators used when using the internet?
 * January 6-17, 2014**
 * Go to the following website:**
 * December 9-13, 2013**
 * November 11-22, 2013**
 * NO RESEARCH THIS WEEK!**

Go to the following website: [] Read the article and comment on it. I think you will really be surprized by what you read. I would enjoy reading your opinion about the article!
 * December 9-13, 2013**

Read the article about Perelman and comment on it. (I wonder if some of Gregory House's behaviors were based on this guy.) [] Read the article about the Four Color Theorem and write your opinion of the article. []
 * October 28-November 8, 2013**
 * October 21-25, 2015**

Go to the following website and read the article. [|http://www.math.twsu.edu/history/Topics/algebra.html#boolean-alg] Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 1. Symbolic or Boolean algebra had a predecessor, what was it? 2. What mathematician developed symbolic logic, when, and why? 3. What is symbolic Boolean algebra's main concern? 4. What co-founder of the Calculus also worked with Boolean algebra? 5. Who was the founder of modern symbolic logic? 6. What two mathematicians tried to reduce all mathematics to logic but failed? 7. In what year was symbolic logic used first in telephone switching units and computers? 8. What are the three symbolic logic operators used when using the internet? Go to the following website and write at least one line about each famous mathematician. I'm wondering why they left Sir Issac Newton off of the list! []
 * October 7-11, 2013**
 * NO RESEARCH!!!!**
 * September 23-27, 2013 **
 * September 9-13, 2013 **

Go to the following website: [] Read the article about Newton and Leibniz and write a few paragraphs about what you read.
 * August 26-September 6, 2013 **
 * August 12-16, 2013 **

Go to the following website and read about the history of trigonometry. Write a couple of paragraphs and comment on what you read.

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