Tue Feb 6 Figure and Ground

Typographical Operations, Composites and Primes

More Meaning and Form in Mathematics , pp.49-54

Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin ; Chapter III: Figure and Ground Notes/SQ

Music , Music

Slides*

Thu Feb 8 Discuss Problem Set 4 Problem Set 4

Tue Feb 13 Consistency, Completeness, and Geometry

Mapping to Godels Theorem, non-euclidean geometry, passive meaning, hypothetical worlds, consistency and completeness

Contracrostipunctus , pp.75-81; Chapter IV: Consistency, Completeness, and Geometry , pp.82-88

Discuss Problem Set 4 Notes/SQ

Music, Music

Problem Set 4

Thu Feb 15 Recursive Structures and Processes

Push, pop, and stack, language and recursive transition networks, modular programming loops and procedures

Little Harmonic Labyrinth and Fig. 26 (p.129)

In class exercise: How to find a name in a telephone book

Discuss Problem Set 5 Notes/SQ

Music

Exercise

Problem Set 5

Tue Feb 20 Recursive Structures and Processes (cont)

Chapter V: Recursive Structures and Processes , pp.127-136,146-152

The Awful German Language by Mark Twain

Discuss Problem Set 6 Notes/SQ

Mark Twain

Slides*

Problem Set 6

Thu Feb 22 Discuss Problem Sets