Mathematics 181

Section B1 Fall 2010
Lecture: MWF 9-9:50 AM
Classroom: 347 Altgeld Hall

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Instructor Isidora Milin Office: 337 Illini Hall Email: imilin [at] illinois [dot] edu Office Hours Monday 10-11:30AM 337 Illini Hall / Espresso Royale Course Information Syllabus Class Schedule Assignments Exam Information Handouts Official Course Listing from the course catalog

Math 181 - A Mathematical World

This course is an introduction to selected areas of mathematics, through its applications to modeling and solving real world problems. Mathematical structures we will encounter include networks, circuits, trees, voting systems, game theory, groups of symmetries, plane tilings, algorithms, codes... We will cover the following topics:

• efficient procedures for route traversal, scheduling, provision of urban services
• different voting systems amd their manipulability
• fair division of resources among conflicting parties
• game theory and the mathematics of competition
• encoding information
• symmetry and geometric patterns in nature and art

Department of Mathematics College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 273 Altgeld Hall, MC-382 1409 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 USA Department Main Office Telephone: (217) 333-3350 Fax (217) 333-9576

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