Math 108 Topics in Mathematics | Section 0200 | James Baglama | All Lecture Videos and Notes
Videos and lecture notes are based on the 9th ed. textbook. The 9th or 10th edition of the textbook can be used for this course. All material covered is the same and independent of textbook editions.
Section | Video 9th ed. |
Lecture Notes 9th ed. |
Chapter 1 | ||
1.1 Euler Circuits |
Section 1.1 Video |
Section 1.1 Lecture notes |
1.2 Finding Euler Circuits |
Section 1.2 Video |
Section 1.2 Lecture notes |
1.3 Beyond Euler Circuits |
Section 1.3 Video |
Section 1.3 Lecture notes |
Chapter 2 | ||
2.1 Hamiltonian Circuits |
Section 2.1 Video |
Section 2.1 Lecture notes |
2.2 Traveling Salesman Problem |
Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 Video |
Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 Lecture notes |
2.3 Helping Traveling Salesman | ||
2.4 Minimum-Cost Spanning Trees |
Section 2.4 Video |
Section 2.4 Lecture notes |
2.5 Critical Path Analysis |
Section 2.5 Video |
Section 2.5 Lecture notes |
Chapter 5 | ||
5.1 Displaying Distributions: Histograms |
Section 5.1 Video |
Section 5.1 Lecture notes |
5.2 Interpreting Histograms |
Section 5.2 Video |
Section 5.2 Lecture notes |
5.3 Displaying Distributions: Stemplots |
Section 5.3 Video |
Section 5.3 Lecture notes |
5.4 Describing Center: Mean and Median |
Section 5.4 Video |
Section 5.4 Lecture notes |
5.5 Describing Variability: Range and Quartiles |
Section 5.5 Video |
Section 5.5 Lecture notes |
5.6 The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots |
Section 5.6 Video |
Section 5.6 Lecture notes |
5.7 Describing
Variability: The Standard Deviation |
Section 5.7 Video |
Section 5.7 Lecture notes |
Chapter 9 | ||
9.2 Majority Rule and Condorcet's Method |
Section 9.2 Video |
Section 9.2 Lecture notes |
9.3 Other Voting Systems
for Three or More Candidates |
Section 9.3 Video |
Section 9.3 Lecture notes |
9.4 Insurmountable Difficulties:
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem |
Section 9.4 Video |
Section 9.4 Lecture notes |
Chapter 16 | ||
16.1 Check Digits
U.S. Postal Service Money Order |
Section 16.1-1 Video |
Section 16.1-1 Lecture notes |
16.1 Check Digits
American Express Checks page 574 |
Section 16.1-2 Video |
Section 16.1-2 Lecture notes |
16.1 Check Digits
Airlines, Federal Express Mail, UPS packets, Avis and National Rental cars |
Section 16.1-3 Video |
Section 16.1-3 Lecture notes |
16.1 Check Digits
Universal Product Code - UPC |
Section 16.1-4 Video |
Section 16.1-4 Lecture notes |
16.1 Check Digits
Bank Checks and Codabar |
Section 16.1-5 Video |
Section 16.1-5 Lecture notes |
16.1 Check Digits
ISBN - numbers |
Section 16.1-6 Video |
Section 16.1-6 Lecture notes |
Chapter 21 | ||
21.1 Arithmetic Growth and Simple Interest |
Section 21.1 Video |
Section 21.1 Lecture notes |
21.2 Geometric Growth and Compound Interest
9th ed. 21.2 Geometric Growth and Compound Interest 10th ed. and 21.3 Effective Rate and APY 10th ed. |
Section 21.2 Video |
Section 21.2 Lecture notes |
21.3 A Limit to Compounding
9th ed. 21.4 A Limit to Compounding 10th ed. |
Section 21.3 Video |
Section 21.3 Lecture notes |
21.4 A Model for Saving
9th ed. 21.5 A Model for Saving 10th ed. (new subsection Present Value) |
Section 21.4 Video |
Section 21.4 Lecture notes |
21.5 Present Value
and Inflation
9th ed. 21.6 Inflation 10th ed. (includes Present Value) |
Section 21.5 Video |
Section 21.5 Lecture notes |
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The textbook for the course can be either 9th or 10th edition.
For All Practical Purposes, 9th edition by COMAP |
OR |
For All Practical Purposes, 10th edition by COMAP |
Videos and lecture notes are based on the 9th ed. textbook. The 9th or 10th edition of the textbook can be used for this course. All material covered is the same and independent of textbook editions. The course does NOT use any material/resources form the Publisher's online system LaunchPad.
Math Applets and suggested websites are very helpful resources.
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