Various topics chosen from among management science, voting theory, game theory, symmetry, proportionality, or other modern topics offer the opportunity to see connections of mathematics to business, political science, art and other fields. This course is intended as an introduction to Linear Algebra with emphasis on the computational aspects of the material. Topics covered include matrices, determinants, Gaussian elimination, vector spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, orthogonal matrices and least squares. A great deal of modern research in the social and natural sciences relies upon the mathematical theories of probability and statistics. This course will introduce students to the basic theory and practice of statistics.
Emphasis is on the general ideas of hypothesis testing and estimation.
Other topics include classification and presentation of data, descriptive statistics, basic probability distributions, and correlation and regression. Math 221 Foundations of Arithmetic Designed for elementary education majors. Elements of logic, numeration, the number systems of arithmetic, elementary number theory, the algorithms of arithmetic. Alternate years 2000-2001. Math 223 Foundations of Geometry Designed for elementary education majors.