Random Walks and a Dimensionless Number: Mathematics for Marine Ecology
Danny Grünbaum is a marine
ecologist who works as a
professor in the departments of
Oceanography and Biology a...
Speedometer and Odometer Accuracy
The activities in this Pull-Out focus on developing a model to describe the effect of changing the size of a vehicle'...
Chapter 2: Linear Models: Student Edition Developing Mathematics through Applications: Elementary (DevMAP)
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Chapter 2 Linear Models
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Chapter 3: Modeling Behavior from Data: Student Edition Developing Mathematics through Applications: Elementary (DevMAP)
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Chapter 3 Modeling Behavior from Data
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Chapter 4: Polynomials and Exponents: Student Edition Developing Mathematics through Applications: Elementary (DevMAP)
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Chapter 5: Quadratic Functions and Radicals: Student Edition Developing Mathematics through Applications: Intermediate (DevMAP)
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Chapter 5 Quadratic Functions and Radical...
Chapter 6: Rational Expressions and Systems of Equations: Student Edition Developing Mathematics through Applications: Intermediate (DevMAP)
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Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and System...
Chapter 7: Probability: Student Edition Developing Mathematics through Applications: Intermediate (DevMAP)
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Chapter 7 Probability
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Chapter 8: Trigonometry: Student Edition Developing Mathematics through Applications: Intermediate (DevMAP)
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Chapter 8 Trigonometry
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Chapter 2: Linear Models: Instructor Resources Developing Mathematics through Applications: Elementary (DevMAP)
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Chapter 2 Linear Models
Chapter 2Preparat...
Chapter 3: Modeling Behavior from Data: Instructor Resources Developing Mathematics through Applications: Elementary (DevMAP)
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Chapter 3 Modeling Behavior from Data
Cha...
Chapter 4: Polynomials and Exponents: Instructor Resources Developing Mathematics through Applications: Elementary (DevMAP)
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Chapter 4 Polynomials and Exponents
Chapt...
Chapter 6: Rational Expressions and Systems of Equations: Instructor Resources Developing Mathematics through Applications: Intermediate (DevMAP)
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Chapter 6 Rational Expressions and System...
Chapter 7: Probability: Instructor Resources Developing Mathematics through Applications: Intermediate (DevMAP)
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Chapter 7 Probability
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Chapter 8: Trigonometry: Instructor Resources Developing Mathematics through Applications: Intermediate (DevMAP)
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Chapter 8 Trigonometry
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In Code: An Invitation to Tumbers, Nryptography, and Mthinking Cathematically
Sarah Flannery's In Code: A Mathematical Journey is an inspiring account of her explorations in cryptography. In par...
Say Ah: Identifying Voice Pathologies by Studying Harmonic to Noise Ratios
Speech pathologists study human voice production with a particular interest in understanding disorders and what migh...
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Given two pieces of DNA we can use ideas from mathematics to determine a distance between them. This distance gives ...
Mathematics and the Human Genome Part 3
If one believes that species evolve, then one can try to understand what happens at the DNA level. When DNA causes a...
Mathematics and the Human Genome Part 2
At the end of Part I of this series we posed the question of how far apart (distant) the two "DNA sequences" ACTTCGA...
Mathematics and the Human Genome Part 1
In honor of the year 2000, many people have cast a backward glance at the last 100 years (or longer) to take stock o...
Difference Equations: A Gentle Introduction To Differential Equations
A differential equation (D.E.) is an equation containing one or more independent variables, functions, and derivativ...
Breeding Better Solutions: Evolving Good Golomb Rulers
In the previous Math Today column, Consortium 69, I introduced readers to the on-going search for optimal Golomb rul...
Join the Search for a Better Ruler
The search for useful rulers is heating up. This search is not for kings, queens, CEO's, or ordinary household meter...
UMAP Journal 28.2 Summer 2007 Edition
Table of Contents: Editorial Write Your Own Contest Entry Special Section on the ICM Results of the 2007 Interdisc...
Consortium 93, Fall/Winter 2007
Table of Contents: From the Publisher's Desk: BioMath Henry's Notes: Cycling of Expenses Historical Notes: Misno...
Scene From Above
The activities in this Pull-Out focus on maps, aerial photographs, and satellite images to track changes in land usag...
Cycling of Expenses
One of the enjoyable features of mathematical research at the old Bell Laboratories was the great variety of problems...
Misnomers in Mathematics Part 2
The history of mathematics abounds in concepts each bearing the name of some great discoverer or diligent student of ...
Geometry and The Internet
Over the years I have found myself using the Internet more and more in my teaching in a variety of ways. In particula...
Big Oaks From Little Acorns Grow
What makes mathematics a subtle, beautiful and exciting subject is the range of ideas that grow out of the most simpl...
Bidding Optimally on The Price Is Right
What is the best strategy in the bidding game on The Price Is Right? over the last twenty-four years, the television ...
Evacuating an Elementary School Building
Early in our mathematical modeling course, Penelope Smith, the student co-author, fulfilled her library research assi...
Winning Streaks, Shutouts, and the Length of the World Series (UMAP)
In a recent article in this Journal [Brunner 1987], the theory of absorbing Markov chains was applied to the expected...
Chapter 1: Measurement: Student Edition Developing Mathematics through Applications: Elementary (DevMAP)
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Chapter 1 Measurement
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Chapter 1: Measurement: Instructor Resources Developing Mathematics through Applications: Elementary (DevMAP)
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