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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
ALGEBRA IN THE AGE OF CAS:IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL
CURRICULUMEXAMPLES FROM The CME Project
Al Cuoco
Center for Mathematics EducationEDC
CSMC, 2008
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
OUTLINE
1 SOME BACKGROUNDWhat is The CME Project?The Habits of Mind ApproachSome Algebraic Habits of Mind
2 OUR USES OF CASThree Organizing Principles
3 EXAMPLES: A CASE STUDY OF xn ! 1Experimenting: Finding factors of xn ! 1Reducing overhead: The Polynomial Factor GameModeling: Roots of Unity
4 SUMMARY
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THE CME PROJECT
An NSF-funded coherent 4-year curriculumPublished by PearsonFollows the traditional American course structureUses the TI-Nspire in all 4 yearsMakes essential use of a CAS in the last two yearsOrganized around mathematical habits of mind
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
THE Habits of Mind APPROACH
The real utility of mathematics for most studentscomes from a style of work, indigenous to mathematics
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THE Habits of Mind APPROACH
The real utility of mathematics for most studentscomes from a style of work, indigenous to mathematicsExamples:
Is there a line that cuts the area of in half?
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
THE Habits of Mind APPROACH
The real utility of mathematics for most studentscomes from a style of work, indigenous to mathematicsExamples:
Is there a line that cuts the area of in half?
Is the average of two averages the average of the lot?
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ALGEBRAIC HABITS OF MIND
Reasoning about calculations:
(a+ b)2 ! (a! b)2 = 4ab
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
ALGEBRAIC HABITS OF MIND
Reasoning about calculations:
(a+ b)2 ! (a! b)2 = 4ab
Seeking structural similarity:“Arithmetic with complex numbers is like arithmetic withpolynomials, with an extra simplification step.”
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
ALGEBRAIC HABITS OF MIND
Reasoning about calculations:
(a+ b)2 ! (a! b)2 = 4ab
Seeking structural similarity:“Arithmetic with complex numbers is like arithmetic withpolynomials, with an extra simplification step.”Reasoning about operations“If the rules of arithmetic are to hold, 52
3 must be a numberwhose cube is 52.”
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OUR USES OF CAS
CAS environments. . .provide students a platform for experimenting withalgebraic expressions and other mathematical objects inthe same way that calculators can be used to experimentwith numbers.
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
OUR USES OF CAS
CAS environments. . .provide students a platform for experimenting withalgebraic expressions and other mathematical objects inthe same way that calculators can be used to experimentwith numbers.make tractable and to enhance many beautiful classicaltopics, historically considered too technical for high schoolstudents, by reducing computational overhead.
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
OUR USES OF CAS
CAS environments. . .provide students a platform for experimenting withalgebraic expressions and other mathematical objects inthe same way that calculators can be used to experimentwith numbers.make tractable and to enhance many beautiful classicaltopics, historically considered too technical for high schoolstudents, by reducing computational overhead.allow students to build computational models of algebraicobjects that have no faithful physical counterparts,highlighting similarities in algebraic structure.
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
The number of factors over Z of xn ! 1 as a function of n.
n number of factors of xn ! 1123456789
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
The number of factors over Z of xn ! 1 as a function of n.
n number of factors of xn ! 11 12 23 2456789
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
The number of factors over Z of xn ! 1 as a function of n.
n number of factors of xn ! 11 12 23 24 35 ?6789
Let’s try it
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
The number of factors over Z of xn ! 1 as a function of n.
n number of factors of xn ! 11 12 23 24 35 26 47 ?8 ?9 ?
Let’s try it
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
The number of factors over Z of xn ! 1 as a function of n.
n number of factors of xn ! 11 12 23 24 25 26 47 28 49 3
Conjectures? . . .
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
Things that have come up in class:There are always at least two factors:
xn ! 1 = (x ! 1)(xn!1 + xn!2 + · · · + x2 + x + 1)
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
Things that have come up in class:There are always at least two factors:
xn ! 1 = (x ! 1)(xn!1 + xn!2 + · · · + x2 + x + 1)
If n is odd, there are exactly two factors (but look at n = 9)
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
Things that have come up in class:There are always at least two factors:
xn ! 1 = (x ! 1)(xn!1 + xn!2 + · · · + x2 + x + 1)
If n is odd, there are exactly two factors (but look at n = 9)OK . . . if n is prime, there are exactly two factors
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
Things that have come up in class:There are always at least two factors:
xn ! 1 = (x ! 1)(xn!1 + xn!2 + · · · + x2 + x + 1)
If n is odd, there are exactly two factors (but look at n = 9)OK . . . if n is prime, there are exactly two factorsIf n = p2, there are three factors (ex: x9 ! 1)
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
Things that have come up in class:There are always at least two factors:
xn ! 1 = (x ! 1)(xn!1 + xn!2 + · · · + x2 + x + 1)
If n is odd, there are exactly two factors (but look at n = 9)OK . . . if n is prime, there are exactly two factorsIf n = p2, there are three factors (ex: x9 ! 1)If n = pq, there are four factors (ex: x15 ! 1) Scratchpad
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
EXPERIMENTING: A WEIRD FUNCTION
Things that have come up in class:There are always at least two factors:
xn ! 1 = (x ! 1)(xn!1 + xn!2 + · · · + x2 + x + 1)
If n is odd, there are exactly two factors (but look at n = 9)OK . . . if n is prime, there are exactly two factorsIf n = p2, there are three factors (ex: x9 ! 1)If n = pq, there are four factors (ex: x15 ! 1) Scratchpad
...A general conjecture gradually emerges
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REDUCING OVERHEAD:THE POLYNOMIAL FACTOR GAME
The CMP version:
1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 1516 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 30
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REDUCING OVERHEAD:THE POLYNOMIAL FACTOR GAME
The CME version:
x ! 1 x2 ! 1 x3 ! 1 x4 ! 1 x5 ! 1x6 ! 1 x7 ! 1 x8 ! 1 x9 ! 1 x10 ! 1x11 ! 1 x12 ! 1 x13 ! 1 x14 ! 1 x15 ! 1x16 ! 1 x17 ! 1 x18 ! 1 x19 ! 1 x20 ! 1x21 ! 1 x22 ! 1 x23 ! 1 x24 ! 1 x25 ! 1x26 ! 1 x27 ! 1 x28 ! 1 x29 ! 1 x30 ! 1
Scratchpad Conjectures?
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
REDUCING OVERHEAD:THE POLYNOMIAL FACTOR GAME
“It’s the same as the middle school factor game.”
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
REDUCING OVERHEAD:THE POLYNOMIAL FACTOR GAME
“It’s the same as the middle school factor game.”if m is a factor of n, xm ! 1 is a factor of xn ! 1 Scratchpad
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
REDUCING OVERHEAD:THE POLYNOMIAL FACTOR GAME
“It’s the same as the middle school factor game.”if m is a factor of n, xm ! 1 is a factor of xn ! 1 Scratchpad
x12 ! 1 =!
x3"4
! 1
= (")4 ! 1
= ("! 1)!
"3 + "2 + " + 1"
=!
x3 ! 1"!
(x3)3 + (x3)2 + (x3) + 1"
=!
x3 ! 1"!
x9 + x6 + x3 + 1"
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REDUCING OVERHEAD:THE POLYNOMIAL FACTOR GAME
If xm ! 1 is a factor of xn ! 1, m is a factor of n
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REDUCING OVERHEAD:THE POLYNOMIAL FACTOR GAME
If xm ! 1 is a factor of xn ! 1, m is a factor of n
This is much harder, and it requires some facility withDe Moivre’s theorem and with roots of unity: complexnumbers that are the roots of the equation
xn ! 1 = 0
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
De Moivre’s Theorem impliesThe roots of xn ! 1 = 0 are
#
cos 2k!
n + i sin 2k!
n | 0 # k < n$
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
De Moivre’s Theorem impliesThe roots of xn ! 1 = 0 are
#
cos 2k!
n + i sin 2k!
n | 0 # k < n$
If " = cos 2!n + i sin 2!
n , these roots are
1, ", "2, "3, . . . , "n!1
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
De Moivre’s Theorem impliesThe roots of xn ! 1 = 0 are
#
cos 2k!
n + i sin 2k!
n | 0 # k < n$
If " = cos 2!n + i sin 2!
n , these roots are
1, ", "2, "3, . . . , "n!1
These roots lie on the vertices of a regular n-gon ofradius 1 in the complex plane
Examples
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
Here are the 7th roots of unity.
ζ
2ζ
3ζ
4ζ
5ζ6ζ
1
The six non-real rootscome in conjugate pairs.
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
Here are the 7th roots of unity.
ζ
2ζ
3ζ
4ζ
5ζ6ζ
1
The six non-real rootscome in conjugate pairs.So (" + "6), ("2 + "5), and("3 + "4) are real numbers.
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Some Background Our uses of CAS Examples: A case study of xn ! 1 Summary
MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
Here are the 7th roots of unity.
ζ
2ζ
3ζ
4ζ
5ζ6ζ
1
The six non-real rootscome in conjugate pairs.So (" + "6), ("2 + "5), and("3 + "4) are real numbers.What cubic equation over R
has these three numbersas roots?
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
ζ
2ζ
3ζ
4ζ
5ζ6ζ
1
Let
# = " + "6
$ = "2 + "5
% = "3 + "4
To find an equation satisfied by #, $, and %, we need to find# + $ + %
#$ + #% + $%
#$%
One at a time. . .
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
The Sum:
Since # = " + "6, $ = "2 + "5, and % = "3 + "4, we have
# + $ + % = "6 + "5 + "4 + "3 + "2 + "
But
x7 ! 1 = (x ! 1)(x6 + x5 + x4 + x3 + x2 + x + 1)
So,"6 + "5 + "4 + "3 + "2 + " = !1
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
The Product:
#$% =!
" + "6" !
"2 + "5" !
"3 + "4"
We can get the form of the expansion by expanding!
x + x6"!
x2 + x5"!
x3 + x4"
Time for a CAS
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
So,!
x + x6"!
x2 + x5"!
x3 + x4"
=
x15 + x14 + x12 + x11 + x10 + x9 + x7 + x6
But if we replace x by ", we can replace x7 by 1. . .
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
So,!
x + x6"!
x2 + x5"!
x3 + x4"
=
x15 + x14 + x12 + x11 + x10 + x9 + x7 + x6
But if we replace x by ", we can replace x7 by 1. . .So, if the above expression is written as
(x7 ! 1)q(x) + r(x)
then replacing x by " will produce r(")Time for a CAS
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
So,!
x + x6"!
x2 + x5"!
x3 + x4"
=
x15 + x14 + x12 + x11 + x10 + x9 + x7 + x6
But if we replace x by ", we can replace x7 by 1. . .So, if the above expression is written as
(x7 ! 1)q(x) + r(x)
then replacing x by " will produce r(")Time for a CAS
So #$% = 1
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
What about the “beast”? Well, #$ + #% + $% =
!
" + "6" !
"2 + "5"
+!
" + "6" !
"3 + "4"
+!
"2 + "5" !
"3 + "4"
Time for a CAS
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
What about the “beast”? Well, #$ + #% + $% =
!
" + "6" !
"2 + "5"
+!
" + "6" !
"3 + "4"
+!
"2 + "5" !
"3 + "4"
Time for a CAS
So #$ + #% + $% = !2 and our cubic is
x3 + x2 ! 2x ! 1 = 0
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
In this informal way, students preview the idea that one canmodel Q(") by “remainder arithmetic” in Q(x), using x7 ! 1as a divisor.
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
In this informal way, students preview the idea that one canmodel Q(") by “remainder arithmetic” in Q(x), using x7 ! 1as a divisor.In fact, one can use any polynomial that has " as azero—the smallest degree one is
x6 + x5 + x4 + x3 + x2 + x + 1
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MODELING: ROOTS OF UNITY
In this informal way, students preview the idea that one canmodel Q(") by “remainder arithmetic” in Q(x), using x7 ! 1as a divisor.In fact, one can use any polynomial that has " as azero—the smallest degree one is
x6 + x5 + x4 + x3 + x2 + x + 1
This previews Kronecker’s construction of splitting fields foralgebraic equations.
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USING A CAS IN HIGH SCHOOL: OTHER EXAMPLES
The CME Project uses a CAS to
1 Experiment with algebra: Chebyshev polynomials
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USING A CAS IN HIGH SCHOOL: OTHER EXAMPLES
The CME Project uses a CAS to
1 Experiment with algebra: Chebyshev polynomials
2 Reduce computational overhead: Lagrange interpolationand Newton’s Difference Formula
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USING A CAS IN HIGH SCHOOL: OTHER EXAMPLES
The CME Project uses a CAS to
1 Experiment with algebra: Chebyshev polynomials
2 Reduce computational overhead: Lagrange interpolationand Newton’s Difference Formula
3 Use polynomials as modeling tools: Generating functions
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