Classroom and laboratory work with one-day field trips. Rigorous activity and primitive camping. A menu of class projects will be provided, some of which are amenable to study and solution by computer. Applications and geometric understanding are emphasized. No previous calculus is required.
Calculators are available on loan.
ST 523 and 550 or consent of instructor Students learn the process of going from a real world problem to a mathematical model and back to an interpretation of results. Students will work in small groups on a wide variety of applications. Projects suitable for classroom use will be developed. Basic use of the World Wide Web, including sites and techniques of special interest to teachers. The development of the basic geometry of fractals, using both deterministic and random methods, the mathematical ideas behind chaos, and connections between the ideas of chaos and fractals, and applications.