Document Type
Article
Department
Mathematics (HMC)
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
Communicating Applied Mathematics is a writing- and speaking-intensive graduate course at North Carolina State University. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief description of the course objectives and the assignments. Parts A–D of of this article represent the class projects and illustrate the outcome of the course:
• The Evolution of an Optimization Test Problem: From Motivation to Implementation, by Daniel E. Finkel and Jill P. Reese
• Finding the Volume of a Powder from a Single Surface Height Measurement, by Christopher Kuster
• Finding Oscillations in Resonant Tunneling Diodes, by Matthew Lasater
• A Shocking Discovery: Nonclassical Waves in Thin Liquid Films, by Rachel Levy
Rights Information
© 2006 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Terms of Use & License Information
DOI
10.1137/S0036144504443523
Recommended Citation
Finkel, Daniel E., Christopher Kuster, Matthew Lasater, Rachel Levy, Jill P. Reese, and Ilse C. F. Ipsen. "Communicating Applied Mathematics: Four Examples." SIAM Review 48.2 (2006): 359-389, DOI: 10.1137/S0036144504443523
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Applied Mathematics Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Mathematics Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
Comments
Previously linked to as: http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/irw,338.
First published in SIAM Review, vol. 48, no. 2 (2006), by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
The article can also be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/S0036144504443523