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1999

Claremont Colleges

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Full-Text Articles in Mathematics

Anneli Lax: In Memoriam, Elena Anne Corie Marchisotto Dec 1999

Anneli Lax: In Memoriam, Elena Anne Corie Marchisotto

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Teaching A Humanities Course: A Mathematician’S View, Bill Marion Dec 1999

Teaching A Humanities Course: A Mathematician’S View, Bill Marion

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Word Problems, Don Pfaff Dec 1999

Word Problems, Don Pfaff

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


A Response To Dancis, Margaret Schaffer Dec 1999

A Response To Dancis, Margaret Schaffer

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Another Response To Dancis, Ted Eisenberg Dec 1999

Another Response To Dancis, Ted Eisenberg

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Evaluation In The Mathematics Classroom, Emam Hoosain, B. Naraine Dec 1999

Evaluation In The Mathematics Classroom, Emam Hoosain, B. Naraine

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


What Is The Thing Called “Humanistic Mathematics?”, Tamar Apel Dec 1999

What Is The Thing Called “Humanistic Mathematics?”, Tamar Apel

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Mathematics Is An Art: The Story Of A One-Time Course, Paul Fjelstad Dec 1999

Mathematics Is An Art: The Story Of A One-Time Course, Paul Fjelstad

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


A Reflection On The Word: Remembering The Word “Word” Is Reflexive, Paul Fjelstad, Ivan Ginchev Dec 1999

A Reflection On The Word: Remembering The Word “Word” Is Reflexive, Paul Fjelstad, Ivan Ginchev

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Calculus For The Liberal Arts: A Humanistic Approach, Kathleen Shannon Dec 1999

Calculus For The Liberal Arts: A Humanistic Approach, Kathleen Shannon

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Ode To Mathematics, Sandra Z. Keith Dec 1999

Ode To Mathematics, Sandra Z. Keith

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Excerpts From Ivan’S Commandments To Himself, Ivan Niven Dec 1999

Excerpts From Ivan’S Commandments To Himself, Ivan Niven

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Divisibility: A Problem Solving Approach Through Generalizing And Specializing, Rina Zazkis Dec 1999

Divisibility: A Problem Solving Approach Through Generalizing And Specializing, Rina Zazkis

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Values In Mathematics Education, Murad Jurdak Dec 1999

The Role Of Values In Mathematics Education, Murad Jurdak

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Review: A Tour Of The Calculus By David Berlinski, Bernard Fleishman Dec 1999

Book Review: A Tour Of The Calculus By David Berlinski, Bernard Fleishman

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Mathematical Reflections By Peter Hilton, Derek Holton And Jean Pedersen, Ladnor Geissinger Dec 1999

Book Review: Mathematical Reflections By Peter Hilton, Derek Holton And Jean Pedersen, Ladnor Geissinger

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Roots, Don Pfaff Dec 1999

Roots, Don Pfaff

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Rental Harmony: Sperner's Lemma In Fair Division, Francis E. Su Dec 1999

Rental Harmony: Sperner's Lemma In Fair Division, Francis E. Su

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided in this article.


What Else Do We Forget To Tell Our Teachers?: A Response To Dancis, Stephen Sproule Nov 1999

What Else Do We Forget To Tell Our Teachers?: A Response To Dancis, Stephen Sproule

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Recounting Fibonacci And Lucas Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn Nov 1999

Recounting Fibonacci And Lucas Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided in this article.


Stability Of Self-Similar Solutions For Van Der Waals Driven Thin Film Rupture, Thomas P. Witelski, Andrew J. Bernoff Sep 1999

Stability Of Self-Similar Solutions For Van Der Waals Driven Thin Film Rupture, Thomas P. Witelski, Andrew J. Bernoff

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Recent studies of pinch-off of filaments and rupture in thin films have found infinite sets of first-type similarity solutions. Of these, the dynamically stable similarity solutions produce observable rupture behavior as localized, finite-time singularities in the models of the flow. In this letter we describe a systematic technique for calculating such solutions and determining their linear stability. For the problem of axisymmetric van der Waals driven rupture (recently studied by Zhang and Lister), we identify the unique stable similarity solution for point rupture of a thin film and an alternative mode of singularity formation corresponding to annular “ring rupture.”


Almost Periodic Factorization Of Certain Block Triangular Matrix Functions, Ilya M. Spitkovsky, Darryl H. Yong Aug 1999

Almost Periodic Factorization Of Certain Block Triangular Matrix Functions, Ilya M. Spitkovsky, Darryl H. Yong

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Let

where , and . For rational such matrices are periodic, and their Wiener-Hopf factorization with respect to the real line always exists and can be constructed explicitly. For irrational , a certain modification (called an almost periodic factorization) can be considered instead. The case of invertible and commuting , was disposed of earlier-it was discovered that an almost periodic factorization of such matrices does not always exist, and a necessary and sufficient condition for its existence was found. This paper is devoted mostly to the situation when is not invertible but the commute pairwise (). The complete description is …


Gian-Carlo Rota: In Memoriam, Richard Stanley Jul 1999

Gian-Carlo Rota: In Memoriam, Richard Stanley

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Math Applies To Everyday Life, Geoffrey Smith Jul 1999

Math Applies To Everyday Life, Geoffrey Smith

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Algebra, Algebra, You Were So Tough, Ryan Best Jul 1999

Algebra, Algebra, You Were So Tough, Ryan Best

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Math Is A Subject That Is The Best, Alexandra Holliday Jul 1999

Math Is A Subject That Is The Best, Alexandra Holliday

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Middle School Math Teaching And How It Harms Our Children, Jerome Dancis Jul 1999

Middle School Math Teaching And How It Harms Our Children, Jerome Dancis

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Is Our Practice Of Humanistic Mathematics Actually Humane?, Jack Lochhead Jul 1999

Is Our Practice Of Humanistic Mathematics Actually Humane?, Jack Lochhead

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Changing The Subject, Or, Would You Hire A Good Clarinet Teacher To Teach Your Child The Violin?, Jerome Dancis Jul 1999

Changing The Subject, Or, Would You Hire A Good Clarinet Teacher To Teach Your Child The Violin?, Jerome Dancis

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Is Mathematics Education Taking A Step Backward?, Frances Kuwahara Lang Jul 1999

Is Mathematics Education Taking A Step Backward?, Frances Kuwahara Lang

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

This article addresses the current political, socioeconomic, and educational state of mathematics education in California. The “back-to-basics” movement in mathematics mirrors the “back-to-phonics” movement in language arts. At a time when ethnic minorities have become the majority, the dominant culture has chosen to revert back to practices that are inequitable and empower the elite. Critical educators must carry on the dialogue necessary to empower the disenfranchised mathematically and undermine the social injustice and economic inequality that will result if this movement is embraced.