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Tracking The Trochoid On Safari, Andrew Simoson May 1999

Tracking The Trochoid On Safari, Andrew Simoson

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

While on sabbatical in Dar es Salaam in 1997–98, I was tasked to be the department’s seminar director and discovered that a dearth of speakers roam about in east Africa; so I opted to set up a lecture tour for myself to include Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana as well as Tanzania—and spoke about the envelope of curves generated by a series of line segments obtained when two runners attached by an ideal bungee cord (the line segments) proceed about a circular track. Herein we describe life in east Africa and show that those envelopes are trochoids.

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Revolutions In Mathematics (Book Review), Kevin Vander Meulen May 1999

Revolutions In Mathematics (Book Review), Kevin Vander Meulen

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

A review of Revolutions in Mathematics, edited by Donald Gillies, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1992.

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Lewis Carroll: Author, Mathematician, And Christian, David L. Neuhouser May 1999

Lewis Carroll: Author, Mathematician, And Christian, David L. Neuhouser

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Although a Christian, an author, and a mathematician, Charles Letwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) wrote very few works in which these three aspects of his person was present. The only examples of him merging these interests are in Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. This paper will explore what motivated him to make these works and whether or not they were successful.

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The Deconstruction Of Mathematics, David J. Stucki May 1999

The Deconstruction Of Mathematics, David J. Stucki

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

This paper is a criticism of Reuben Hersh's What is Mathematics, Really? and the humanist philosophy of mathematics.

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Book Review, David J. Stucki May 1999

Book Review, David J. Stucki

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

A book review of Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science by Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont.

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Book Review: Virtual Gods: The Seduction Of Power And Pleasure In Cyberspace, Jonathan R. Senning May 1999

Book Review: Virtual Gods: The Seduction Of Power And Pleasure In Cyberspace, Jonathan R. Senning

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

This paper is a review of Virtual Gods: The Seduction of Power and Pleasure in Cyberspace, edited by Tal Brooke, Harvest House Publishers, 1997.

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Teaching Linear Algebra And Abstract Algebra With Two Way Video And Audio, Edward Reinke May 1999

Teaching Linear Algebra And Abstract Algebra With Two Way Video And Audio, Edward Reinke

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

An outline of a presentation discussing teaching two different algebra courses long-distance as well as in a classroom.

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A Mathematician At The Science And Theology Book Club, Greg Crow May 1999

A Mathematician At The Science And Theology Book Club, Greg Crow

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

This paper is a case study of the insights gained and the contributions made in a weekly Science and Theology Faculty Book Club. The contribution of other group members to the expansion of one’s general understanding of their fields is demonstrated in increased vocabulary, use of existing theoretical models, glimpses of the depth of their disciplines, and in the recognition of the need for humility. The mathematician may contribute by helping to clarify definitions, by applying basic ideas in their own and related fields, and only very rarely by bringing their own research to the table.

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Book Review - The Language Of Mathematics: Making The Invisible Visible By Kieth Devlin, Charles R. Hampton May 1999

Book Review - The Language Of Mathematics: Making The Invisible Visible By Kieth Devlin, Charles R. Hampton

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Charles R. Hampton reviews The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible. By Kieth Devlin. W. H. Freeman and Company, 1998

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Determinism, Chaos, And The Meaning Of Randomness, Or Quantum Theory And The Sovereignty Of God, John Wicks May 1999

Determinism, Chaos, And The Meaning Of Randomness, Or Quantum Theory And The Sovereignty Of God, John Wicks

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Book Review: The Number Sense: How The Mind Creates Mathematics By Stanislas Dehaene, Mary Vanderschoot May 1999

Book Review: The Number Sense: How The Mind Creates Mathematics By Stanislas Dehaene, Mary Vanderschoot

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Book Review: The Philosophy Of Mathematics By W.S. Anglin, Richard D. Rockwell May 1999

Book Review: The Philosophy Of Mathematics By W.S. Anglin, Richard D. Rockwell

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Noncommunicative Algebraic Geometry, Dennis S. Keeler May 1999

Noncommunicative Algebraic Geometry, Dennis S. Keeler

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Willing The Will Of God, Harold Heie May 1999

Willing The Will Of God, Harold Heie

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Book Review: An Imaginary Tale: The Story Of √-1 By Paul J. Nahin, Michael O'Leary May 1999

Book Review: An Imaginary Tale: The Story Of √-1 By Paul J. Nahin, Michael O'Leary

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Doubt And Uncertainty - A Book And Idea Review, Richard Laatsch May 1999

Doubt And Uncertainty - A Book And Idea Review, Richard Laatsch

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Hyperbolic Geometry And Poincare's Half-Plane Model, Robert Frank May 1999

Hyperbolic Geometry And Poincare's Half-Plane Model, Robert Frank

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Can Mathematics Be Taught In A Christian Way?, Johan H. De Klerk May 1999

Can Mathematics Be Taught In A Christian Way?, Johan H. De Klerk

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Using Mathematica To Explore Abstract Algebra, Al Hibbard May 1999

Using Mathematica To Explore Abstract Algebra, Al Hibbard

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Book Review: Math: Facing An American Phobia By Marilyn Burns, Stephen L. Brown May 1999

Book Review: Math: Facing An American Phobia By Marilyn Burns, Stephen L. Brown

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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On The Solutions Of A Family Of Sextic Thue Equations, Alain Togbe May 1999

On The Solutions Of A Family Of Sextic Thue Equations, Alain Togbe

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

No abstract provided.

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Preface (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 1999

Preface (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Twelfth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective

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Introduction (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 1999

Introduction (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Twelfth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective

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Schedule (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 1999

Schedule (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Twelfth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective

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Table Of Contents (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 1999

Table Of Contents (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Twelfth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective

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Can Mathematics Be Taught In A Christian Way?, Johan Deklerk Jan 1999

Can Mathematics Be Taught In A Christian Way?, Johan Deklerk

ACMS Journal 2004

Some people would argue that mathematics cannot be taught in a Christian way. Others would say it can be done, but that they are unsure how to do it, and therefore do not do it. Some methods mentioned from time to time will be briefly discussed in this address. The question will be asked whether these techniques bring one closer to a Christian perspective on mathematics. My view is that some of these methods are just not sufficient and that more should be done. More attention should be paid to the context in which a mathematical subject is imbedded. Attention …

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Lewis Carroll: Author, Mathematician, And Christian, David L. Neuhouser Jan 1999

Lewis Carroll: Author, Mathematician, And Christian, David L. Neuhouser

ACMS Journal 2004

Although a Christian, an author, and a mathematician, Charles Letwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) wrote very few works in which these three aspects of his person was present. The only examples of him merging these interests are in Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. This paper will explore what motivated him to make these works and whether or not they were successful.

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The Deconstruction Of Mathematics, David J. Stucki Jan 1999

The Deconstruction Of Mathematics, David J. Stucki

ACMS Journal 2004

Mathematics, as an academic discipline, has stood for many years as the last bastion against a growing tide of intellectual relativism that has become all but ubiquitous. More recently, however, efforts have been made to "humanize" mathematics by advocating a social-constructivist approach to the philosophy of mathematics, both in practice and education. This paper is intended to serve as a critical response to one advocate of this approach, Reuben Hersh (What Is Mathematics, Really?, 1997), and in the process a defense of Platonism.

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Solomon's Sea And The Biblical Π, Andrew Simoson May 1997

Solomon's Sea And The Biblical Π, Andrew Simoson

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1997

From I Kings 7:23, the apparent diameter and circumference of a circular ring are given as 10 and 30 cubits which suggests that the Biblical value of π is 3 rather a number closer to π. However we recount seven different somewhat whimsical explanations as to why this conclusion is overly-hasty.

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Mathematics And Values: Can Philosophy Guide Projects?, Michael H. Veatch May 1997

Mathematics And Values: Can Philosophy Guide Projects?, Michael H. Veatch

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1997

The philosophy of mathematics has provided insight on questions of foundations and mathematical truth; however, it has not been very fruitful in guiding the practice of mathematics. This paper attempts to find points of contact between a Christian worldview and the choice of mathematical projects and methods. Three areas are considered: (i) dubitability in current research, (ii) the intrinsic value of contemporary mathematics to contemporary society, and (iii) the affirmation of human value in the use of mathematics. Finally, a framework for valuing mathematics is proposed as an encouragement to think more deeply about how a Christian might choose a …

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