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Textbook<\/b>: What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 9<\/i>, by Dana McKenzie.
\nMTRF, G
\nJohn Rickert, Associate Professor of Mathematics
\nOffice:<\/b> G-215A, Crapo Hall
\nPhone:<\/b> (812) 877-8473
\nCampus mail:<\/b> CM 141
\ne-mail:<\/b> john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Installing LaTeX<\/i> on Windows<\/a>.
\nTeXworks<\/a> for mathematical typesetting.
\nAn introduction to LaTeX<\/i><\/a>
\nA not so short introduction of LaTeX<\/i><\/a>
\nThe Comprehensive LaTeX<\/i> Symbol list<\/a>
\nThe AMS’s Short Math Guide for LaTeX<\/i><\/a>
\nLaTeX wiki<\/a>
\n“How to start using L<\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>T<\/span><\/span>E<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>X<\/span><\/span><\/span>LATEX<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nMikTeX page<\/a><\/p>\n

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arXiv.org Mathematics papers<\/a>.
\nMath Overflow<\/a>.
\nThe Polymath project<\/a>.
\nTimothy Gower’s blog<\/a>.
\nTerry Tao’s blog<\/a>.
\nJohn Baez’s blog<\/a>
\nJohn Borwein’s blog<\/a>
\nKeith Devlin’s blog<\/a>
\nFrank Morgan’s blog<\/a>
\nTim Chartier’s blog<\/a>
\nAMS Math in the media page<\/a>
\nTable of contents for the What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences<\/i> series<\/a>.
\nMillennium Prize Problems<\/a>.
\nEngineering Grand Challenges<\/a>.
\nThe 2014 Abel prize in mathematics was awarded to Yakov Sinai<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mathematics columns at the MAA<\/a> website
\nArticles in The College Mathematics Journal<\/a>
\nArticles in Mathematics Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

Math in the Media:
\nData mining, a short introduction<\/a>
\nFossil raindrops reveal early atmosphere<\/a>
\nKing’s Gambit calculation (chess)<\/a>
\nMA275 in Futurma<\/i>.<\/a>
\nThe mathematics behind morphing faces<\/a>
\nMathematical Patterns May Help Forecast Future Crimes<\/a>
\nMedical diagnostic tests and false positives<\/a>
\nMovie-making<\/a>
\nA new approach to predicting spacecraft re-entry<\/a>
\n\u03c0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u03c0<\/span><\/span> the first 4,000,000 digits visualized<\/a>
\nRenewable Energy Throws Power Grid off Balance<\/a>
\nRise of the crossword robots<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 Also here<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dr Fill finished 141-st in 2012<\/a> and 65th in 2014<\/a>
\nSand. How does sand flow?<\/a>
\nStarling flocks behave like flying magnets<\/a> A link to the research paper (number 140)<\/a>
\nTrait diversity promotes stability of community dynamics<\/a><\/p>\n

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History of mathematics quiz<\/a><\/p>\n

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Presentations<\/h5>\n

Assertion-evidence model for presentation slide<\/a>
\nPDF for Bad Presentation Bingo<\/a><\/p>\n

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Since this is a seminar course the course grade will be determined mostly by participation and projects.<\/p>\n