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Intermediate Algebra, Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams Oct 2015

Intermediate Algebra, Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Intermediate Algebra was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Foundations For College Algebra, Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams Oct 2015

Foundations For College Algebra, Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Foundations for College Algebra was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


College Algebra (University Of North Georgia), Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams Oct 2015

College Algebra (University Of North Georgia), Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection Open Textbook for College Algebra was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Support For College Algebra, Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams Oct 2015

Support For College Algebra, Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Support for College Algebra was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Wavelet Analysis On Local Fields Of Positive Characteristic., Quiser Jahan Dr. Jul 2015

Wavelet Analysis On Local Fields Of Positive Characteristic., Quiser Jahan Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In this chapter, we will give a brief history of wavelet analysis on R. We will also list some bask results on local felds which will be used in subvequent chapters.1.1 Wavelets on RWe fiest start with a brief history of wavelets und some basic defnitions and results conceming the orthonormal wavekts on R.1.1.1 A brief historyIn the last few decades vaveler theory has growa extensively and has drawn great atlention sot only in mathematies bu also in engineering, pitysics, computer science and many other fields. In signal and image processing, wavelets play a very important role.In 1910, A. Haar …


Euler Class Groups Of Polynomial And Sub Integral Extensions Of A Noetherian Ring., Md. Ali Zinna Dr. Jul 2015

Euler Class Groups Of Polynomial And Sub Integral Extensions Of A Noetherian Ring., Md. Ali Zinna Dr.

Doctoral Theses

ObjectiveThe main objectives of this thesis are the following:(i) To investigate the behaviour of the Euler class groups under integral and subintegral extensions. More precisely, given a subintegral (or integral) extension R+ S of Noetherian rings, we are interested in finding out the relationship between the Euler class group of R and the Euler class group of S.(ii) To develop a theory (namely, an extension of the theory of Euler class group to the Euler class group of R[T) relative to a projective R[T|-module L of rank 1) in order to detect the precise obstruction for a projective R[T]-module P …


Mat-Rix-Toe: Improving Writing Through A Game-Based Project In Linear Algebra, Adam Graham-Squire, Elin Farnell, Julianna Stockton Jun 2015

Mat-Rix-Toe: Improving Writing Through A Game-Based Project In Linear Algebra, Adam Graham-Squire, Elin Farnell, Julianna Stockton

Elin R Farnell

The Mat-Rix-Toe project utilizes a matrix-based game to deepen students’ understanding of linear algebra concepts and strengthen students’ ability to express themselves mathematically. The project was administered in three classes using slightly different approaches, each of which included some editing component to encourage the improvement of the students’ mathematical thinking and writing. Differences in the implementation of the project illustrate the benefits and drawbacks of various methods of editing in the mathematics classroom and highlight recommendations for improvements in future implementations of the project.


Algebra 1 Students’ Ability To Relate The Definition Of A Function To Its Representations, Sarah A. Thomson Jun 2015

Algebra 1 Students’ Ability To Relate The Definition Of A Function To Its Representations, Sarah A. Thomson

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

One hundred high school Algebra students from a southern California school participated in this study to provide information on students’ ability to relate the definition of function to its representations. The goals of the study were (1) to explore the extent to which students are able to distinguish between representations of functions/non-functions; (2) to compare students’ ability to distinguish between familiar/unfamiliar representations of functions/non-functions; (3) to explore the extent to which students are able to apply the definition of function to verify function representations; and (4) to explore the extent to which students are able to provide an adequate definition …


Some Problems In Differential And Subdifferential Calculus Of Matrices., Priyanka Grover Dr. May 2015

Some Problems In Differential And Subdifferential Calculus Of Matrices., Priyanka Grover Dr.

Doctoral Theses

A central problem in many subjects like matrix analysis, perturbation theory, numerical analysis and physics is to study the effect of small changes in a matrix A on a function f(A). Among much studied functions on the space of matrices are trace, determinant, permanent, eigenvalues, norms. These are real or complex valued functions. In addition, there are some interesting functions that are matrix valued. For example, the (matrix) absolute value, tensor power, antisymmetric tensor power, symmetric tensor power.When a function is differentiable, one of the ways to study the above problem is by using the derivative of f at A, …


Infinitely Generated Clifford Algebras And Wedge Representations Of Gl∞|∞, Bradford J. Schleben May 2015

Infinitely Generated Clifford Algebras And Wedge Representations Of Gl∞|∞, Bradford J. Schleben

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this dissertation is to explore representations of $\mathfrak{gl}_{\infty|\infty}$ and associated Clifford superalgebras. The machinery utilized is motivated by developing an alternate superalgebra analogue to the Lie algebra theory developed by Kac. In an effort to establish a natural mathematical analogue, we construct a theory distinct from the super analogue developed by Kac and van de Leur. We first construct an irreducible representation of a Lie superalgebra on an infinite-dimensional wedge space that permits the presence of infinitely many odd parity vectors. We then develop a new Clifford superalgebra, whose structure is also examined. From here, we extend …


Explicit Construction Of First Integrals For The Toda Flow On A Classical Simple Lie Algebra, Patrick Seegmiller May 2015

Explicit Construction Of First Integrals For The Toda Flow On A Classical Simple Lie Algebra, Patrick Seegmiller

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Toda flow is a generalization of a dynamical system describing the interaction of particles in a one-dimensional crystal. The concepts and energy and conservation are prominent in the study of dynamical systems, and quantities which remain the same over the evolution of a system provide valuable insights into the system’s behavior. In the realm of mathematics these quantities are called first integrals, or integrals of motion. This paper provides a background for study of the Toda flow, a verification of its integrability, and programming code for finding these quantities which remain unchanged over the evolution of the system.


Teaching Algebra: A Comparison Of Scottish And American Perspectives, Brittany Munro May 2015

Teaching Algebra: A Comparison Of Scottish And American Perspectives, Brittany Munro

Undergraduate Honors Theses

A variety of factors influence what teaching strategies an educator uses. I analyze survey responses from algebra teachers in Scotland and Appalachia America to discover how a teacher's perception of these factors, particularly their view of mathematics itself, determines the pedagogical strategies employed in the classroom.


On The Fattening Of Lines In P3, Mike Janssen Apr 2015

On The Fattening Of Lines In P3, Mike Janssen

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

We follow the lead of Bocci and Chiantini and show how differences in the invariant alpha can be used to classify certain classes of subschemes of P^3. Specifically, we will seek to classify arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay codimension 2 subschemes of P^3 in the manner Bocci and Chiantini classified points in P^2. The first section will seek to motivate our consideration of the invariant alpha by relating it to the Hilbert function and gamma, following the work of Bocci and Chiantini, and Dumnicki, et. al. The second section will contain our results classifying arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay codimension 2 subschemes of P^3. This work …


Taming The Unknown: A History Of Algebra From Antiquity To The Early Twentieth Century, Calvin Jongsma Feb 2015

Taming The Unknown: A History Of Algebra From Antiquity To The Early Twentieth Century, Calvin Jongsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Reviewed Title: Katz, Victor J. and Karen Hunger Parshall. Taming the Unknown: A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014. 485 pages. ISBN 9780691149059


Some Conjugacy Problems In Algebraic Groups., Anirban Bose Dr. Feb 2015

Some Conjugacy Problems In Algebraic Groups., Anirban Bose Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In this thesis we address two problems related to the study of algebraic groups and Lie groups. The first one deals with computation of an invariant called the genus number of a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field and that of a compact connected Lie group. The second problem is about characterisation of real elements in exceptional groups of type F4 defined over an arbitrary field. Let G be a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field or a compact connected Lie group. Let ZG(x) denote the centralizer of x ∈ G. Define the genus …


Tropical Linear Algebra: Notions Of Rank Over The Tropical Semiring, William D. Wise Jan 2015

Tropical Linear Algebra: Notions Of Rank Over The Tropical Semiring, William D. Wise

Honors Papers

Three formulations of the rank of a matrix that are equivalent in classical linear algebra give rise to distinct notions of rank over the tropical semiring. This paper explores these three concepts of tropical rank and their relationships with one another, working up to a proof of the inequality that relates the three.


Building An Algebraic Representation Of The Aes In Sage, Thomas Gagne Jan 2015

Building An Algebraic Representation Of The Aes In Sage, Thomas Gagne

Summer Research

First developed in 2001, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher is now one of the most commonly used encryption algorithms worldwide. However, the algebraically simple description of the AES leads some cryptographers to question whether an algebraic weakness in the cipher exists, which would be fatal to the security of the AES. This summer, I studied the algebraic properties of the AES with the goal of designing a computational tool for researchers and algebraic cryptanalysts of the AES which would allow more rigorous study of the algebraic qualities of the AES. I accomplished this by implementing an algebraic representation of …


Presenting Distributive Laws, Marcello M. Bonsangue, Helle H. Hansen, Alexander Kurz, Jurriaan Rot Jan 2015

Presenting Distributive Laws, Marcello M. Bonsangue, Helle H. Hansen, Alexander Kurz, Jurriaan Rot

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

Distributive laws of a monad T over a functor F are categorical tools for specifying algebra-coalgebra interaction. They proved to be important for solving systems of corecursive equations, for the specification of well-behaved structural operational semantics and, more recently, also for enhancements of the bisimulation proof method. If T is a free monad, then such distributive laws correspond to simple natural transformations. However, when T is not free it can be rather difficult to prove the defining axioms of a distributive law. In this paper we describe how to obtain a distributive law for a monad with an equational presentation …


Algebraic Problems And Exercises For High School, Florentin Smarandache, Ion Goian, Raisa Grigor, Vasila Marin Jan 2015

Algebraic Problems And Exercises For High School, Florentin Smarandache, Ion Goian, Raisa Grigor, Vasila Marin

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this book, you will find algebraic exercises and problems, grouped by chapters, intended for higher grades in high schools or middle schools of general education. Its purpose is to facilitate training in mathematics for students in all high school categories, but can be equally helpful in a standalone work. The book can also be used as an extracurricular source, as the reader shall find enclosed important theorems and formulas, standard definitions and notions that are not always included in school textbooks.