by Brant Clark, Mathematics MATH 3200—Introduction to Higher Mathematics. It is at this point that a young mathematician in training enters the realm of “real” math; all else prior is adding numbers together more or less. We learn how to prove, without a doubt, if a statement is true or not. This is a critical…
by Dahlen Elstran, Mathematics Oftentimes, students consider themselves humanities or STEM students, and the two are mutually exclusive; you’re either good at writing, or you’re good at math. I had the same outlook when I entered my undergraduate degree in Mathematics. I assumed I would simply be doing computational math, and that I would never…
by Stephen Hu, mathematics I was talking with an undergraduate friend earlier who was majoring in art, commiserating about how people react to our majors. Generally people react somewhat negatively when I say I do math, saying “How is this useful?” However, my friend said, “At least people have some idea that math is useful.”…
by Isnayni Hadi If I were to ask you, “What is mathematical writing?” would you think of an equation or maybe a sequence of symbolic statements? Years of grade-school mathematics has trained us to make that association: math is just a series of solving equations. The curriculum requires us to take algebra, geometry, and a…