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Direct linkMeyer, Walter – College Mathematics Journal, 2007
Arguably the first significant innovation in the undergraduate mathematics curriculum of the second half of the twentieth century was the finite mathematics course. The origins of this course lie in the excitement that arose, in the period around World War II, about applying mathematics to the social sciences. In this article we tell some of that…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Mathematics, Educational History, Sociometric Techniques
Dorner, Bryan – College Mathematics Journal, 2005
A new algorithm for computing roots of any order is presented, along with the historical roots of its development.
Descriptors: Mathematics, Higher Education, College Mathematics, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedTrotter, William T. – College Mathematics Journal, 1989
Presents an example from the combinatorial theory of partially ordered sets. Discusses algorithms of on-line antichain partitioning problems, a topic in discrete optimization. (YP)
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Mathematics, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematical Formulas
Peer reviewedSchoenfeld, Alan H. – College Mathematics Journal, 1989
Solves the problem of defining a smooth piecewise linear approximation to a given function. Discusses some alternative approaches to the problem. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, College Mathematics, Graphs
