Differences between revisions 11 and 49 (spanning 38 versions)
Revision 11 as of 2009-03-01 03:16:36
Size: 2653
Comment:
Revision 49 as of 2009-04-18 18:19:30
Size: 2231
Editor: JoseGuzman
Comment:
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 1: Line 1:
------------
Major Goals:
= Sage Primers =
Line 4: Line 3:
1. SAGE as a Smart Calculator (target: Freshmen)

2. SAGE Primers / Tutorials for

    (a) Quadratic Forms (target: Arizona Winter School Participants)
<<TableOfContents>>
Line 11: Line 6:
    (b) Number Theory via Diophantine Equations (target: Elementary Number Theory students) == Done / In Progress ==
Line 13: Line 8:
    * 0. Sage Primer Design Principles [[attachment:Sage Primer Design Principles.pdf]] [[attachment:primer_design_principles.rtf]]
Line 14: Line 10:
    (c) Number Theory via Primes (target: Elementary Number Theory students)     * 1. Basics
Line 16: Line 12:
          * 1.1. Primer Template: An Example [[attachment:primer_template_example.sws]]
Line 17: Line 14:
    (d) Group Theory (target: Undergraduate Math Majors) [http://abstract.ups.edu/sage-aata.html by Rob Beezer]           * 1.2. Sage as a Smart Calculator [[attachment:basics.smart_calculator_0.5.sws]]
Line 19: Line 16:
          * 1.3. Basic 2D plotting with Sage [[attachment:Plotting_with_Sage.sws]]
Line 20: Line 18:
    (e) Differential Calculus (target: Freshmen) [http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wdj/teaching/calc1-sage/ by David Joyner]           * 1.4. Sage Devel Basics [Erik, Aly] [[attachment:dev_for_newbies.html]]-this needs to be restified., [[attachment: development_for_newbies.sws]]
Line 22: Line 20:
    * 2. Calculus
Line 23: Line 22:
    (f) Integral Calculus (target: Freshmen) [http://wdjoyner.com/teach/calc2-sage/hoffman-stein-calculus.pdf by Hoffman, Joyner & Stein]           * 2.1. Differential Calculus [[attachment:calculus.differential_calculus_1.0.sws]]

          * 2.2. Integral Calculus [Sourav]

    * 3. Linear Algebra

          * 3.1. Matrix Algebra [Sourav]

    * 4. Abstract Algebra

          * 4.1. Group Theory [[attachment:group_theory.sws]] (by Robert Beezer)

    * 5. Number Theory

          * 5.1. Elementary Number Theory I [[attachment:number_theory.primes_0.5.sws]]

          * 5.2. Elementary Number Theory II [Erik]

          * 5.5. Quadratic Forms [[attachment:quadratic_forms.sws]]

          * 5.7. Quaternion Algebra [Sourav]

    * 9. About this document ...
Line 27: Line 48:
------------
Typesetting:
== To Do ==
Line 30: Line 50:
    * 1. Basics
Line 31: Line 52:
reSTRUCTUREDtext [http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html]           * 1.3. Programming in Sage
Line 33: Line 54:
          * 1.5. 2D and 3D Plotting in Sage
Line 34: Line 56:
          * 1.6. Interact in Sage [Erik]
Line 35: Line 58:
    * 2. Calculus
Line 36: Line 60:
-------------           * 2.3. Multivariate Calculus
Line 38: Line 62:
Goals:           * 2.4. Taylor Series and Infinite Sums
Line 40: Line 64:
1) Accessible to high school math teachers and undergraduate mathematics majors.           * 2.5. Differential Equations
Line 42: Line 66:
2) Anticipated user desires     * 3. Linear Algebra
Line 44: Line 68:
a. Content specific modules           * 3.2. Vector Spaces [Sourav]
Line 46: Line 70:
i. Quadratic Forms     * 4. Abstract Algebra
Line 48: Line 72:
ii. Group theory           * 4.2. Rings and Fields [Erik]
Line 50: Line 74:
iii. Abstract algebra     * 5. Number Theory
Line 52: Line 76:
iv. Calculus           * 5.3. Cryptography [Dan]
Line 54: Line 78:
v. Number theory           * 5.4. Elliptic Curves [Aly]
Line 56: Line 80:
vi. High school algebra / trigonometry / precalculus           * 5.6. Automorphic Forms
Line 58: Line 82:
vii. Probability           * 5.8. Modular Forms
Line 60: Line 84:
viii. Statistics     * 6. Combinatorics
Line 62: Line 86:
b. Plotting 2 and 3 dimensions           * 6.1. Counting
Line 64: Line 88:
c. Sage math functions (sage as calculator), sage constants           * 6.2. Graph Theory
Line 66: Line 90:
d. Generate Classroom examples     * 7. Geometry
Line 68: Line 92:
i. show (), latex()     * 8. Statistics
Line 70: Line 94:
ii. matplotlab           * 8.1. Statistical Methods [Erik]
Line 72: Line 96:
3) Demonstrate SAGE functionality:           * 8.2. Probability [Erik]
Line 74: Line 98:
a. Primes

b. Random numbers

c. Plotting

d. Interact

e. Sage data types

f. Email(?)

4) Programming

a. Types, casting, relevant Sage data types

b. Lists, tuples

c. Control operators (if, then, else, logical operators, in, srange())

d. Loops

i. For, in, srange(), range()

e. Functions

f. Recursion

5) Topics

a. Primes and factorization

i. Given a random number, is it a prime?

1. Modular division

a. random()

b. Factor()

2. Euclidean algorithm

a. Recursion

b. gcd()

3. primality testing

a. for loops

b. range()

c. is_prime()

ii. How many primes are there?

1. prime_pi()

2. plotting example

iii. Where are the primes?

1. Density of primes

2. primes()

3. Arithemtic sequences of primes

b. Diophantine equations

i. Linear Diophantine equation

1. extended euclidean algorithm

2. recursion vs iteration

ii. diagonal quadratic forms; sums of squares (ENT p. 25)

1. Pythagorean triples and generating them

2. Graphing the Pythagorean triples

3. Enumerating all triples using linear intersections

4. Elliptic curves and congruent numbers (chapter 6, stein)

iii. Pell’s Equation (?)
          * 8.3. Finance

Sage Primers

Done / In Progress

To Do

  • 1. Basics
    • 1.3. Programming in Sage
    • 1.5. 2D and 3D Plotting in Sage
    • 1.6. Interact in Sage [Erik]
  • 2. Calculus
    • 2.3. Multivariate Calculus
    • 2.4. Taylor Series and Infinite Sums
    • 2.5. Differential Equations
  • 3. Linear Algebra
    • 3.2. Vector Spaces [Sourav]
  • 4. Abstract Algebra
    • 4.2. Rings and Fields [Erik]
  • 5. Number Theory
    • 5.3. Cryptography [Dan]
    • 5.4. Elliptic Curves [Aly]
    • 5.6. Automorphic Forms
    • 5.8. Modular Forms
  • 6. Combinatorics
    • 6.1. Counting
    • 6.2. Graph Theory
  • 7. Geometry
  • 8. Statistics
    • 8.1. Statistical Methods [Erik]
    • 8.2. Probability [Erik]
    • 8.3. Finance

days13/projects/sagenewbie (last edited 2011-01-28 07:12:10 by Eviatar)