Craig Watkins
watko@mit.edu

The above figure shows an idealization of a space curve that joins on itself. It is fun to make such figures, and it is fun to try to reproduce the object itself by weaving string or cord. Knowing how to do both is pleasant, and knowing the limitations of either is necessary.

Older class notes are being reorganized. Until this is done, most of the links will not be valid. Try again later, or let me know if there's something you'd like to see right away.
My class notes from the subjects taught at the
are online, but for the most part will not be updated any time soon. Links to the MIT catalogue are in parenthses, and the "logos" are mainly for my benefit.

This class naturally lead to

as well as

One of my favorites is

Just in case, there is also

I've got my own version of

as well as a self-paced version of

I don't usually have much to add to the Freshman Physics classes (my input ended up in the text, making things easier, at least for me). The supplements I do have are now part of

I also have some notes for a more mathematical version of



I won't use this page to get into politics, but I do have some information on the City of Cambridge's Proportional Representation Voting system, including some bar graphs showing the results of the 1997 City Council election, and for historical purposes, the 1989, 1999 and 2001 City Council. results with commentary are linked as well. Later results will not be given here, as the Official Results are now presented in table form.

The MAPLE commands that generated the above figure are in ASCII form in weave, and run on Maple V Release 3. The same commands will work on later releases, but the output will be slightly different.
For the most part, I do answer my mail.

I can never remember how to spell mnemonic.