A One Year Course in Mathematical Model Building
When the mathematics department of the University of Toledo revised its multi-track masters degree programs in applie...
Superior Beings , Their Powers , and the Problem of Evil: Can this be Mathematics?
The central question I pose in Superior Beings (Brams, 1983) is: If the reexisted a superior being who possessed the ...
A Case for Mathematical Modeling
In September, 1982, we mailed questionnaires to fortyfive departments of mathematics in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana t...
Some Applications of L'Hopital's Rule in Differential Equations
Even the best and most applications-oriented calculus textbooks, e.g. [I], do not provide any real world applications...
Contrariness: A First Step in Applying Mathematics
Diane Carswell is reluctant to learn about auto mechanics for the purpose of repairing her own vehicle, but she wants...
One Musician's Use of Combinations and Permutations
The study of combinations and permutations has fascinated scholars of all disciplines since ancient times. Within the...
The Fibonacci Sequence
This presentation, centered on Fibonacci number theory and its applications. aims at instilling in beginners' minds t...
Path Detection
An industry involved in defense systems can produce a detector that behaves as if it were a circle and knows when an ...
The Standup Conic Presents: The Hyperbola and Applications
This is the third papr in a series on the conic sections. This series contains 'real-world applications of these beau...
Consortium 98, Spring/Summer 2010
Table of Contents: From the Editor's Desk: DynaMAP Math at Work: Video Game Makers at Electronic Arts Historical...
Video Game Makers at Electronic Arts
On Andrea
Schiel's
most
exciting
day of
work, she helped Spiderman
escape from Ironman. Jose Caban
made...
The End of the Beginning
The historical development of mathematical modeling as its own unique area of mathematics reflects its roots in opera...
Modeling Images
In this Pull-Out, students learn how images can be digitalized and then compressed to reduce storage space. In Activi...
Enumeration Via Partitions
In 1995, Branko Grünbaum ([2]) published a fascinating new classification for convex quadrilaterals. Grünbaum starts ...
Youthful Achievement in Mathematics
Momentous
mathematical
achievement
is frequently
associated
with those who are advanced
in years. Some of...
Mathematical Experiments and Experimental Mathematics
This article introduces the emerging field of experimental mathematics by surveying just a few of its motivations, me...
UMAP Journal 31.2 Summer 2010 Edition - The 2010 MCM / ICM Contest Edition
Table of Contents Editorial The Modeling Contests in 2010 MCM Modeling Forum Results of the 2010 Mathematical Con...
Statistical Methods in Sole Source Contract Negotiation
This paper describes procedures that are used to analyze proposals that arise in the acquisition of military systems ...
The Network Television Game: There May Be No Best Schedule
ABSTRACT. The network television game involves three players, with each player trying to maximize his share of the ma...
What Do Physics Teachers Want?
To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, What do physicists want? It takes no psychoanalysis to figure out what teachers of the ...
Why Study the History of Mathematics
Not so long ago most mathematicians showed little interest, and some of them even a little contempt, for the history,...
President Fords War on Red Tape
For the past several decades Presidents have been noted for the wars they have fought. Lyndon Johnson was famous for ...
Who Cares About Population Models, Anyway?
Models of population growth are frequently employed for educational purposes. In this article we propose some reasons...
Linear and Circular Models of Graphs
The fundamental common concept of all applied mathematics is a mathematical model. Before the twentieth century, most...
Mathematics in The Mud
Although I am a mathematician by profession, I am active in poultry breeding as a hobby. I am occasionally asked if t...
The Faustmann Model of Optimal Forest Rotation
In 1849 a German forester , Martin Faustmann, published a model for the optimal harvesting of timber. This model was ...
Undergraduate - Classroom Experiences in Applies Mathematics
Applied mathematics in an industrial setting often involves the reformulation of problems stated in nonmathematical l...
A Mathematicians Guide to the Uses of Mathematics in Ecology
Few would question whether mathematicians contribute to the study of the physical sciences. Physicists and engineers ...
Selecting Optimal Product Sizes
This article describes a practical problem that arises when not all of the possible sizes for an industrial product c...
Taxes, Bankruptcy, and the Talmud
This discussion continues and augments ideas from Consortium 95, Fall/Winter 2008, pp. 3-7. It also reviews concepts ...
Mind Your Own Business
In this Pull-Out, students explore strategies that could make the difference between whether or not a business is suc...
Monterrey Musings
Every four years, the International Congress on Mathematics Education is held to provide an opportunity to examine te...
College Students Investigate Careers
This Math at Work
column features four
interviews
conducted by UNC
Chapel Hill students.
They took my diffe...
In the Shadow of Euclid
Euclidean geometry, in a postulational setting, had come far as the golden era ended and the times of the commentator...
Once More: One Last Time Decimals Into Fractions
Yes. I know, that's what I promised in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of Consortium! I didn't mean to lie. I recently s...