MATHEMATICS 843: Spring 07
Monday- and Friday 10:30 - 12:30
Instructor: Peter Borwein
Location IRMACS 10908
Office: IRMACS : Phone: 291-4376
Course Description
Math 843 this spring as a course both in mathematics and about creativity
in mathematics. The primary mathematical content is heavily project
based. These projects will be negotiated around the skills and interests
of the students.
The creativity side will explore issues around the creative
process is mathematics focused around the particular topics discussed.
Grading Scheme? 100% based on individual assignments and presentations
(including a major presentation.)
Materials
--- Thoughts
--- Other People's Thoughts
--- Math and Art
--- Millenium Prizes
--- Pi
General Readings
The Millennium Problems
by Keith Devlin
Proofs from THE BOOK
by Martin Aigner and Günter M. Ziegler
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field
by Jacques Hadamard
Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning
by G. Polya
Littlewood's Miscellany
by Bela Bollobas (Editor)
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by Jim Collins "