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[WSG22] Daily Study Group: Introduction to Elementary Algebra

Arben Kalziqi, Wolfram Research
Posted 3 years ago

A Wolfram U daily study group introducing and exploring the basic concepts in algebra begins on September 26, 2022. In order to better accommodate students, this study group will meet at 3:00PM Central US time rather than the usual start time.

Join a cohort of fellow students in an enriching online community to learn algebra and prepare for further mathematics and statistics courses. This course starts with an explanation of the fundamental math operations and progresses to lessons on the order of operations, word problems, systems of equations and inequalities, polynomials and more. The study group also explores how the Wolfram Language can be used to help understand and reinforce algebraic problem-solving skills.

The Introduction to Elementary Algebra interactive course will soon be added to the Wolfram U catalog, and this Study Group offers early access to course lessons and resources, including the instructor (i.e. me)! This Study Group is aimed primarily at students, and the aforementioned meeting time reflects that. Moreover, no prior mathematics or Wolfram Language experience is required.

You can register here. I hope to see you there!

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POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
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Heidi Liu
Heidi Liu
Posted 3 years ago

In my Final Exam, in the question for Lesson 5, only the answer choices are visible.

In the question for Lesson 14, I believe that the correct answer is not offered.

In Lesson 28 problem, the solution for the question posed is not offered. However, the answer to a different question is there :-).

Help greatly appreciated. Be well,
POSTED BY: Heidi Liu

Hi Heidi—thanks for catching these issues! Because the final exam is generated on a per-person basis, I can't know which questions you're talking about. Would you mind sending these comments along with screenshots of the questions to wolfram-u@wolfram.com? Thank you!
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
Jonathan Bell
Jonathan Bell
Posted 3 years ago

I have watched the Lesson 1: What is Algebra? video multiple times, but when I track my progress, it still shows I have not watched it. I want to request access to the final exam, but I'm not sure I can until I have received credit for watching the Lesson 1 video.

Has anyone else had the same issue?
POSTED BY: Jonathan Bell
Heidi Liu
Heidi Liu
Posted 3 years ago

Hi, having participated in the daily sessions, I am able to work on the quizzes and start the final. I have only watched a couple of videos, it seems to be of no consequence.
POSTED BY: Heidi Liu

Hi Jonathan—for Study Group participants, we'll automatically consider you to have watched all of the videos. Heidi is correct that this should not affect your ability to take the final exam.
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
Rohit Namjoshi
Rohit Namjoshi
Posted 3 years ago

In the final exam for Lesson 14 and Lesson 28, none of the choices is correct.
POSTED BY: Rohit Namjoshi
Heidi Liu
Heidi Liu
Posted 3 years ago

Wonderful course, presenting the concepts along Wolfram language in a meaningful manner. Thank you!
POSTED BY: Heidi Liu

Thank you Heidi—I'm glad you enjoyed it!
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
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Posted 3 years ago

There is a typo in the Final Exam section of the online course. It says

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POSTED BY: Ray Chandler

Thanks Ray—we've fixed these bugs (and some others) in Quiz 4!
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
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POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi

Typo in Lesson 26, Slide 7 - Factored form - one of x2's should be x1.
POSTED BY: Ray Chandler

Thanks for this correction also—I can update the video and the notebook.
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
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PlotWork.nb
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POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
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PlotWork1.nb
POSTED BY: Mitchell Sandlin

Hi Mitch—I think I see what you mean. Let me know how the attached works.

I've just used an Epilogue in each plot because trying to find the exact overall coordinates in a stacked image like this is probably quite painful, as you've noticed. Otherwise, you might also consider using different colors for these points, just as one possibility.
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John Tabbone
John Tabbone
Posted 3 years ago

Greetings Arben!

Thanks for the great course! I'm enjoying it very much. Noticed a little typo in the Lesson 11 Systems of Linear Equations (Pre=DQA) notebook, slide 6, example 1

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Cheers, -John
POSTED BY: John Tabbone

Thank you for the kind words and correction, John! I'll get that fixed.
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi

9-27-22 Great course. Am thrilled to be learning Wolfram Mathematica. Please also express my thankfulness to Dr. Wolfram. This is a great accomplishment for Humanity.
POSTED BY: Paul Shapshak, PhD

I could not find the exercises to practice on I was able to download all the lectures. Thanks Great course
POSTED BY: Paul Shapshak, PhD

Hi Paul—the exercises will be available once the course has been fully deployed via our Wolfram U MOOC framework. We're working on that, but in the meantime the extra exercises will not be available.
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Tomas Cane
Tomas Cane, RyRSAC
Posted 3 years ago 
toPolar[{x_, y_}] := ToPolarCoordinates[{x, y}] {1, \[Degree]^-1}

toCartesian[{r_, \[Theta]_}] := 
 FromPolarCoordinates[{r, \[Theta] \[Degree]}]
POSTED BY: Tomas Cane

Hi everybody—just noting that this study group is starting today at 3PM Central US time!
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
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