Topics include random variables, distribution functions, sampling, and statistical inference. Mathematics A survey of classical mathematics from ancient times to the development of calculus, together with selected topics from the history of modern mathematics. An introduction to the creation of mathematical models, both deterministic and probabilistic, for the description of problems drawn from physical, biological, social, and environmental sources. A concentrated study of the theory of functions of a real variable. Abstract methods are emphasized.
Students are active participants in the presentation.
Honors Seminar Study of a selected topic. Participants in the seminar include the mathematics faculty and invited students. Vector spaces and linear operators, with applications. Fourier series, boundary value problems, orthogonal functions. An introduction to algebraic and combinational topology with emphasis on applications to analysis and Euclidean geometry.