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email address SandiferE (at) wcsu.edu
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(at work) Mathematics Department, Western Connecticut State University, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810, USA
Fall 2008
Math 118 - Elementary Applied Mathematics
Section 05 (TuTh 8:00-9:15, HI 110)
Final exam - Tuesday, Dec. 16, 11:00-1:30
Section 06 (TuTh 9:30-10:45, HI 110)
Final exam - Thursday, Dec. 18, 2:00-4:30
Book list: (available at the University Bookstore)
Mathematics with Applications, 9th edition, by Lial, Hungerford and Holcomb, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-3353-7 (Green OR Red edition) (optional)
Course Compass authorization package (if it is not bound with your textbook, then you will have to get it on line at www.coursecompass.com.
Math 110 - Great Ideas in Mathematics
Section 04 (TuTh 11:00-12:15, HI 117)
Final exam - Wednesday, December 17, 2:00-4:30 pm
Book list: Excursions in Modern Mathematics, Tannenbaum and Arnold - latest (6th) edition
Spring 2008
Math 118 - Elementary Applied Mathematics
Book list: (available at the University Bookstore)
Mathematics with Applications, 9th edition, by Lial, Hungerford and Holcomb, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-3353-7
Course Compass authorization package (if it is not bound with your textbook, then you will have to get it on line at www.coursecompass.com.
Math 540 - Seminar in the History of Mathematics
Book list: Classics of Mathematics (Paperback)
by Ronald S. Calinger
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Paperback: 816 pages | |
| Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (October 26, 1994) | |
| Language: English | |
| ISBN-10: 002318342X | |
| ISBN-13: 978-0023183423 | |
| Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches |
Students in this course will engage in close readings and in-depth discussions of original sources in the history of mathematics. Readings will include work by Leonhard Euler and Augustin-Louis Cauchy, as well as readings from a culture outside Western mathematics, probably chosen from Islam, India, China or Mesopotamia, depending on the interests of the students.
Fall 2007
Math 118 - Elementary Applied Mathematics
Book list: (available at the University Bookstore)
Mathematics with Applications, 9th edition, by Lial, Hungerford and Holcomb, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-3353-7
Course Compass authorization package (if it is not bound with your textbook, then you will have to get it on line at www.coursecompass.com.
Math 110 - Great Ideas in Mathematics
Book list: Excursions in Modern Mathematics, Tannenbaum and Arnold - latest (6th) edition
Book list: Contemporary Abstract Algebra, by Joseph A. Gallian
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company; 6 edition (January 30, 2005) Language: English (I had a choice, and picked this one) ISBN-10: 0618514716 ISBN-13: 978-0618514717 Spring 2007
Math 118 - Elementary Applied Mathematics
Section 05 - Tuesday-Thursday 9:30-10:45 Higgins 202. Final exam on Thursday May 17, 2:00-4:30
Section 06 - Tuesday-Thursday 11:00-12:15 Higgins 202. Final exam on Wednesday, May 16, 2:00-4:30
Book list: (available at the University Bookstore)
Mathematics with Applications, 9th edition, by Lial, Hungerford and Holcomb, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-3353-7
Course Compass authorization package (if it is not bound with your textbook, then you will have to get it on line at www.coursecompass.com.
Higgins 110 TuTh 8:00 - 9:15
Book list: Roads to Geometry, 3rd Edition, by Edward C. Wallace and Stephen F. West, Pearson/Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-041396-8
Final Exam -Tuesday, May 15 at 11:00 am
Fall 2006
Math 110 - Great Ideas in Mathematics (Click on course name to link to course home page)
-03 Tuesday-Thursday 9:30-10:45, Higgins 107. Final exam on Thursday, December 21, 2:00-4:30
-04 Tuesday-Thursday 11:00-12:15, Higgins 107. Final exam on Wednesday, December 20, 2:00-4:30
Book list: (available at the University Bookstore)
Crossing the River with Dogs: Problem Solving for College Students, by Johnson, Herr & Kysh, Key Curriculum Press, ISBN 1-931914-14-1.
Math 118 - Elementary Applied Mathematics
Section 07 - Tuesday-Thursday 2:00-3:15, Higgins 110. Final exam on Monday, December 18 11:00-1:30
Book list: (available at the University Bookstore)
Mathematics with Applications, 9th edition, by Lial, Hungerford and Holcomb, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-3353-7
Course Compass authorization package (if it is not bound with your textbook, then you will have to get it on line at www.coursecompass.com.
Math 400 - Applied Mathematics - Fair Division
What is a fair way for two people to share things? Suppose, for example, you and two friends are about to share half a gallon of "Neopolitan" ice cream (vanilla-chocolate-strawberry). If all three of you like all three flavors equally, then you can share equally, each getting 1/3 of each flavor.
Suppose, though, that you like vanilla best, your friend likes only chocolate, and your other friend likes only strawberry. Then the 1/3 of each flavor might be equal, but is it really the fairest way to share? Wouldn't it be better if you each get the part that you like best?
This is one of the hottest and most exciting of new mathematical topics. It gets more complicated, more exciting, and more mathematical, and it has applications from job assignments to divorce settlements, and new applications (and new careers at the same time) are being created every day.
You'll need Calc II, (though if you have a good grade in Calc I and you've also done well in several other quantitative courses like economics, finance and physics, then you should see if you can get permission from the instructor and the department chair to take the course)
It's going to be a great course, Mondays at 5:25. (would have been a great course. Cancelled for lack of enrollment)
Textbook will be:
Cake-Cutting Algorithms: Be Fair If You Canby Jack Robinson and William WebbA K Peters, LTD 1998ISBN 1-56881-076-8Available from Amazon.com for $38.00
Spring, 2006
Mat 110 - Great Ideas in Mathematics (link to course home page)
-02 Higgins 107 TuTh 9:30 - 10:45
Final exam - Thursday, May 18, 2pm
-03 Higgins 107 TuTh 11:00 - 12:15
Final exam - Wednesday, May 17, 2pm
Book list: (available at the University Bookstore)
Crossing the River with Dogs: Problem Solving for College Students, by Johnson, Herr & Kysh, Key Curriculum Press, ISBN 1-931914-14-1.
Flatland, Edward A Abbott, Dover, ISBN 048627263X, $2
Higgins 110 TuTh 8:00 - 9:15
Book list: Roads to Geometry, 3rd Edition, by Edward C. Wallace and Stephen F. West, Pearson/Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-041396-8
(Final Exam -Tuesday, May 16 at 11:00 am)
Mat 704 - 71
Cancelled - insufficient enrollment
Fall, 2005
Math 110-02 and -03: Great Ideas in Mathematics
-02: Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-10:45, WH 204 (Final Exam M 12/12, 2pm)
-03: Tuesday, Thursday 11:00-12:15, WH 204 (Final Exam F 12/16, 2pm)
Tuesdays, 5:30-7:10, Higgins 117 (Final Exam Tu 12/13, 5:30pm)
Thursdays, 5:30-7:10, White Hall 302
Wednesdays, 3:00-3:45, Higgins 108
Spring, 2005
Elementary Applied Mathematics
Math 118-04 - HI 108 - TuTh 8:00-9:15
Math 118-05 - HI 108 - TuTh 9:30-10:45
Math 432-01 - HI 110 - Mon 4:00-5:30 and WH 302 - Wed 4:00-5:30*
(note - Math 432 will not meet on the first Wednesday of each month.)
Historical Development of Mathematics
Math 529-71 - HI 108 - 5:30-8:00
Fall, 2004
TuTh 9:30-10:45 Math 118 - 05 - Higgins 108
TuTh 11:00-12:15 Math 118 - 06 - Higgins 108
M 4:00-5:30 Math 431 - Higgins 110M 4:00-5:30 Math 431 - White Hall 302
Last update: November 9, 2008
since September 21, 2004
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