I'd like you to think about encounters with math in your life up until this point. Interpret this as broadly as you like. Then, write a few paragraphs (about one side, two at the most) on an incident that has some mathematical component that has affected you.

This is a progress assignment.

Handed out in class.

Available here. You might find the following Mandelbrot Set applet useful:

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/julia/explorer.html

Available here.

Handed out in class.

http://cs.marlboro.edu/ courses/ fall2007/math_tour/ special/assignments
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