Math 105: Music & Mathematics
Homework Assignments

Last update: 4/27/17

All assignments are listed by date by which the assignment should be completed (or at least attempted, in the case of practice problems).

Collected assignments will be highlighted in bold font. These are due at the beginning of class on the date indicated.

NOTE: Most "sections" include their own practice problems. The instruction to "read" a section implies that you should also do, or at least attempt, the practice exercises in that section by the specified date! (If you have difficulty with any practice exercises, please ask for help, either in class or during my office hours.)


Completion
Date
 Assignment
W 2/1
 READ: Math 105 Syllabus & Policies
READ: Section 1.0: Introduction
R 2/2
 READ: Section 1.1: Pythagorean Tuning
F 2/3
M 2/6
 Collected HW #1: Pythagorean Tuning
READ: Section 1.1.1: Pythagorean Diagrams
START: Pythagorean Practice Exercises
W 2/8
 READ: Section 1.2: Just Intonation
R 2/9
 Collected HW #2: Just Intonation / Semitones
M 2/13 Tuning Systems Practice Exercises
Do (or try) exercise #1-6 and exercise #11
F 2/17
 READ the following sections:

KEEP WORKING ON the Tuning Systems Practice Exercises (you should be able to do, or at least try, all of them by this point)
M 2/20
 Collected HW #3: Equal Temperament
W 2/22
 Read Section 1.3.3: Rational Approximation
M 3/6
 HW #4: Variations
M 3/13
 HW #5: Modular Arithmetic and Groups
R 3/30
 HW #6: Musical Variations under 30-TET
R 4/13
 HW #7: Change Ringing
M 4/24
 HW #8: Counting Problems
M 5/1
 HW #9: Pascal's Triangle















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