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= Sage for Newbies = = Sage Primers =
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== Major Goals : Sage Primers == '''Todo:''' Polish up these primers and put them in the [[http://www.sagemath.org/doc/constructions/|Sage Constructions]] document.
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=== Basics === == Done / In Progress ==
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 * Primer Guidelines [[attachment:primer_template\example.sws]]     * 0. Sage Primer Design Principles [[attachment:Sage Primer Design Principles.pdf]] [[attachment:primer_design_principles.rtf]]
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 * Primer Design Principles [[attachment:primer_design_principles.rtf]]     * 1. Basics
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 * SAGE as a Smart Calculator (target: Freshmen) [[attachment:sage_as_a_smart_calculator.sws]]           * 1.1. Primer Template: An Example [[attachment:primer_template_example.sws]]
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=== Calculus ===           * 1.2. Sage as a Smart Calculator [[attachment:basics.smart_calculator_0.5.sws]]
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 * Differential Calculus (target: Freshmen) [[attachment:differential_calculus.sws]]           * 1.3. Basic 2D plotting with Sage [[attachment:Ploting_with_Sage_v1.0.1.sws]] by Jose Guzman
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 * Integral Calculus (target: Freshmen)           * 1.4. Sage Devel Basics [Erik, Aly] [[attachment:dev_for_newbies.html]]-this needs to be restified., [[attachment: development_for_newbies.sws]]
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=== Number Theory ===     * 2. Calculus
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 * Quadratic Forms (target: Arizona Winter School Participants) [[attachment: quadratic_forms.sws]]           * 2.1. Limits Calculus [[attachment:Analysis_tutorial_Limits_v1.0.2.sws]] by Jose Guzman
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 * Number Theory via Diophantine Equations (target: Elementary Number Theory students)           * 2.2. Differential Calculus [[attachment:calculus.differential_calculus_1.0.sws]]
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 * Number Theory via Primes (target: Elementary Number Theory students) [[attachment: number_theory.primes_0.1.sws]]           * 2.3. Integral Calculus [Sourav]
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=== Abstract Algebra ===     * 3. Linear Algebra
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 * Group Theory by Robert Beezer (target: Undergraduate Math Majors) [[attachment:group_theory.sws]]           * 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 [Erik] [[attachment:number_theory.primes_diophantine_equations.1.0.sws]]

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

          * 5.7. Quaternion Algebra [Sourav]

    * 9. About this document ...
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== Target ==
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1) Accessible to high school math teachers and undergraduate mathematics majors. == To Do ==
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2) Anticipated user desires     * 1. Basics
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a. Content specific modules           * 1.3. Programming in Sage
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i. Quadratic Forms           * 1.5. 2D and 3D Plotting in Sage [JoseGuzman]
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ii. Group theory           * 1.6. Interact in Sage [Erik]
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iii. Abstract algebra     * 2. Calculus
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iv. Calculus           * 2.3. Multivariate Calculus
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v. Number theory           * 2.4. Taylor Series and Infinite Sums
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vi. High school algebra / trigonometry / precalculus           * 2.5. Differential Equations
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vii. Probability     * 3. Linear Algebra
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viii. Statistics           * 3.2. Vector Spaces [Sourav]
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b. Plotting 2 and 3 dimensions     * 4. Abstract Algebra
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c. Sage math functions (sage as calculator), sage constants           * 4.2. Rings and Fields [Erik]
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d. Generate Classroom examples     * 5. Number Theory
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i. show (), latex()           * 5.3. Cryptography [Dan]
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ii. matplotlab           * 5.4. Elliptic Curves [Aly]
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3) Demonstrate SAGE functionality:           * 5.6. Automorphic Forms
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a. Primes           * 5.8. Modular Forms
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b. Random numbers     * 6. Combinatorics
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c. Plotting           * 6.1. Counting
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d. Interact           * 6.2. Graph Theory
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e. Sage data types     * 7. Geometry
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4) Programming     * 8. Statistics
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a. Types, casting, relevant Sage data types           * 8.1. Statistical Methods [Erik]
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b. Lists, tuples           * 8.2. Probability [Erik]
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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

Contents

  1. Sage Primers
    1. Done / In Progress
    2. To Do

Todo: Polish up these primers and put them in the Sage Constructions document.

Done / In Progress

To Do

  • 1. Basics
    • 1.3. Programming in Sage

    • 1.5. 2D and 3D Plotting in Sage [JoseGuzman]

    • 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

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