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The mathematics department has established the following core values: curiosity, tenacity, and clarity. These values inform and guide all that we do. The program has three principal aims: first, to establish skill and confidence in applying mathematical techniques; second, to convey the analytical power of mathematics in modeling practical applications; third, to develop sound reasoning and communication around the logical structure of the subject. The search for patterns, the recognition of analogies, and the development of various strategies for solution provide the student with insight into and understanding of the problem-solving process.
Faculty Publications Revised March 2011
Jim Tanton, Mathematics Teacher & Founder of The Institute of Mathematics:
Presentations:
Visualisation in Mathematics, Bay Area Mathematical Adventures Keynote Speaker, San Jose, CA, 2011
Presentation: Pile Splitting, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute: Circle on the Road Program, Houston, TX, 2011
Presentation: A Sampler of Successful Math Circle Topics, Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, 2011
Presentation: Exploding Dots: A Point of Intersection between the K-12 Curriculum and Math Circles, at Mathematical Sciences Research Institute: Circle on the Road Program, Tempe, AZ, The Math Teachers’ Circle Workshop, Washington D.C., and Special Demonstration Session, Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, 2010, 2011
Publication: Teaching Tip: An Introduction to e^ix without series, published in College Mathematics Journal, January 2008
Publication: A Dozen Questions About Pascal’s Triangle, published in Math Horizons, November, 2008
Publication: Pick’s Theorem – and Beyond!, co-authored with St. Mark’s Institute of Mathematics students, published in FOCUS, February/March 2010
Publication: Young Students Explore Proofs Without Words, co-authored with St. Mark’s Institute of Mathematics students, published in FOCUS, May 2009
Publication: Lattice Polygons for Mathematicians and for Engineers, co-authored with high-school student N. Roumas, published in College Mathematics Journal, May 2009
Publication: An Intuitive Approach to the Borsuk-Ulam Theorem, co-authored with St. Mark’s Institute of Mathematics students, published in FOCUS, August 2008
Publication: The Encyclopedia of Science and Mathematics, published by Mathematics Component, In production