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The Closure Operation As The Foundation Of Topology, Nicholas A. Scoville Jul 2017

The Closure Operation As The Foundation Of Topology, Nicholas A. Scoville

Topology

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The Derivatives Of The Sine And Cosine Functions, Dominic Klyve Jul 2017

The Derivatives Of The Sine And Cosine Functions, Dominic Klyve

Calculus

No abstract provided.


Construction Of The Figurate Numbers, Jerry Lodder Jul 2017

Construction Of The Figurate Numbers, Jerry Lodder

Number Theory

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Generating Pythagorean Triples: The Methods Of Pythagoras And Of Plato Via Gnomons, Janet Heine Barnett Jul 2017

Generating Pythagorean Triples: The Methods Of Pythagoras And Of Plato Via Gnomons, Janet Heine Barnett

Number Theory

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Pascal's Triangle And Mathematical Induction, Jerry Lodder Jul 2017

Pascal's Triangle And Mathematical Induction, Jerry Lodder

Number Theory

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Babylonian Numeration, Dominic Klyve Jul 2017

Babylonian Numeration, Dominic Klyve

Number Theory

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Primes, Divisibility, And Factoring, Dominic Klyve Jul 2017

Primes, Divisibility, And Factoring, Dominic Klyve

Number Theory

No abstract provided.


Gaussian Integers And Dedekind's Creation Of An Ideal: A Number Theory Project, Janet Heine Barnett Jul 2017

Gaussian Integers And Dedekind's Creation Of An Ideal: A Number Theory Project, Janet Heine Barnett

Number Theory

No abstract provided.


Solving A System Of Linear Equations Using Ancient Chinese Methods, Mary Flagg Jul 2017

Solving A System Of Linear Equations Using Ancient Chinese Methods, Mary Flagg

Linear Algebra

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A Genetic Context For Understanding The Trigonometric Functions, Danny Otero Mar 2017

A Genetic Context For Understanding The Trigonometric Functions, Danny Otero

Pre-calculus and Trigonometry

In this project, we explore the genesis of the trigonometric functions: sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant. The goal is to provide the typical student in a pre-calculus course some context for understanding these concepts that is generally missing from standard textbook developments. Trigonometry emerged in the ancient Greek world (and, it is suspected, independently in China and India as well) from the geometrical analyses needed to solve basic astronomical problems regarding the relative positions and motions of celestial objects. While the Greeks (Hipparchus, Ptolemy) recognized the usefulness of tabulating chords of central angles in a circle as aids …


An Introduction To A Rigorous Definition Of Derivative, Dave Ruch Jan 2017

An Introduction To A Rigorous Definition Of Derivative, Dave Ruch

Analysis

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Euler's Rediscovery Of E With Instructor Notes, Dave Ruch Jan 2017

Euler's Rediscovery Of E With Instructor Notes, Dave Ruch

Analysis

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Bolzano On Continuity And The Intermediate Value Theorem, Dave Ruch Jan 2017

Bolzano On Continuity And The Intermediate Value Theorem, Dave Ruch

Analysis

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The Mean Value Theorem, Dave Ruch Jan 2017

The Mean Value Theorem, Dave Ruch

Analysis

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Abel And Cauchy On A Rigorous Approach To Infinite Series, Dave Ruch Jan 2017

Abel And Cauchy On A Rigorous Approach To Infinite Series, Dave Ruch

Analysis

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Investigating Difference Equations, Dave Ruch Jan 2017

Investigating Difference Equations, Dave Ruch

Discrete Mathematics

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Why Be So Critical? Nineteenth Century Mathematics And The Origins Of Analysis, Janet Heine Barnett Jul 2016

Why Be So Critical? Nineteenth Century Mathematics And The Origins Of Analysis, Janet Heine Barnett

Analysis

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Henri Lebesgue And The Development Of The Integral Concept, Janet Heine Barnett Jul 2016

Henri Lebesgue And The Development Of The Integral Concept, Janet Heine Barnett

Analysis

No abstract provided.


Richard Dedekind And The Creation Of An Ideal: Early Developments In Ring Theory, Janet Heine Barnett Jul 2016

Richard Dedekind And The Creation Of An Ideal: Early Developments In Ring Theory, Janet Heine Barnett

Abstract Algebra

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The Failure Of The Euclidean Parallel Postulate And Distance In Hyperbolic Geometry, Jerry Lodder Jul 2016

The Failure Of The Euclidean Parallel Postulate And Distance In Hyperbolic Geometry, Jerry Lodder

Geometry

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Connecting Connectedness, Nicholas A. Scoville Apr 2016

Connecting Connectedness, Nicholas A. Scoville

Topology

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The Cantor Set Before Cantor, Nicholas A. Scoville Apr 2016

The Cantor Set Before Cantor, Nicholas A. Scoville

Topology

A special construction used in both analysis and topology today is known as the Cantor set. Cantor used this set in a paper in the 1880s. Yet it appeared as early as 1875 in a paper by the Irish mathematician Henry John Stephen Smith (1826 - 1883). Smith, who is best known for the Smith normal form of a matrix, was a professor at Oxford who made great contributions in matrix theory and number theory. In this project, we will explore parts of a paper he wrote titled On the Integration of Discontinuous Functions.


Topology From Analysis, Nicholas A. Scoville Apr 2016

Topology From Analysis, Nicholas A. Scoville

Topology

Topology is often described as having no notion of distance, but a notion of nearness. How can such a thing be possible? Isn't this just a distinction without a difference? In this project, we will discover the notion of nearness without distance by studying the work of Georg Cantor and a problem he was investigating involving Fourier series. We will see that it is the relationship of points to each other, and not their distances per se, that is a proper view. We will see the roots of topology organically springing from analysis.


The Exigency Of The Euclidean Parallel Postulate And The Pythagorean Theorem, Jerry Lodder Apr 2016

The Exigency Of The Euclidean Parallel Postulate And The Pythagorean Theorem, Jerry Lodder

Geometry

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