CSC 152: The Week beginning Nov. 12

Homework:
- Watch and summarize and/or respond to (in your own words) the following
  The case for a decentralized internet (Ted Talk by Tamas Kocsis)
- Watch and summarize and/or respond to (in your own words) the following
  What everyday citizens can do to claim power on the internet (Ted Talk by Fadi Chehade)
Due: Nov. 19
Monday:

TEST ON FRIDAY

The test will cover three weeks, beginning Oct. 8, beginning Oct. 15 and beginning Oct. 22 (these are the weeks things were assigned -- not when they were due). Topics include:
- Plotting mathematical functions in Excel
- Plotting mathematical functions in R
- Plotting mathematical functions in Mathematica
- R reading data straight from the web
- Solving equations in Mathematica
- Expanding expressions in Mathematica
- Fitting data in Excel to forms Excel does not know, such as
  - V ( 1 - exp(-t/T) )
  - h Λ² / ( (λ - λ₀)² + Λ² )
1. Lorentzian Fit in Mathematica (presenation)

2. Visible_Spectrum.doc VLOOKUP and histogram

3. Make a version of the following Mathematica notebook

Due: Nov. 19
Wednesday:

Practice.zip (Extract the zipped files. Perform the requested skills. Send in the edited files.)
Friday:

Test 3