Bryan Smith
Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Puget Sound

FALL 2012

1. This Semester's Courses

   	Math 280A	8:00 AM: M, F 8:30 PM: T, Th	Course Information Sheet (PDF), (HTML)	Schedule
   	Math 280B	10:00 AM: M, F 9:30 PM: T, Th	Course Information Sheet (PDF), (HTML)	Schedule
   	Math 321A	2:00 PM: M, T, Th, F	Course Information Sheet (PDF), (HTML)	Schedule
   	Math 495	12:00-1:20 PM: M,Th

2. Useful Information
   1. Check your grades To use this option you must submit, by hand, a signed, dated sheet of paper designating your access code.
   2. Office Hours
   3. Final Exam Schedule and Office Hours
   4. Contact Information
3. Topics for Math/CS Majors
   1. The Contract and Standard Majors in Mathematics or Computer Science
      1. General Description
      2. Mathematics Contract Details (HTML )
      3. Computer Science Contract Details (HTML)
      4. A few Sample Contracts
   2. Letters of Recommendation
   3. Careers in Mathematics : a list of some pertinent sites.
   4. Portals for Undergraduates in Mathematics
      • American Mathematical Society (AMS)
      • Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
      • Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
      • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
   5. Summer Research Opportunities
      1. Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Programs
      2. Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Research opportunities
      3. University of Puget Sound research opportunities
   6. Puget Sound Scholardship/Fellowship Opportunities by area of interest
   7. Considering Graduate School in Mathematics?,
   8. Budapest Semester in Mathematics
      • Local Contact: Professor Rob Beezer (The Budapest Semester in Mathematics)
      • General Information: WIKI
   9. LaTeX (Some basic information)
4. Useful or Interesting Links
   1. MIT Mathematics Courses Online
   2. Khan Academy
   3. A selection of Interesting Mathematical Links
   4. Mathematics Portal at UPS Library Start your web-based research here.
   5. Computer Science Portal at UPS Library
   6. The Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics at Puget Sound
5. Archives of Previous Web Pages (Links to external web pages are not maintained and might be broken.)
6. University Resources
   1. Events Calendar: Includes all events: Academic, Arts and Lectures, Alumni and other Events
   2. Faculty and Staff Code of Conduct

   3. Student Handbook Addresses Policy Questions

      • Student Integrity Code

      • Academic Handbook (For students. Official University policies)

   4. "Academics" (Addresses academic, as opposed to policy, questions.)
   5. Curriculum Guides and Checklists (Sample Four-Year Schedules for any Major)

Office Hours During the Semester

Office Hours for Final Exams

Interesting Links

• Math in Media (Books, Movies, etc.)
  • Math Jokes (just one site)
  • Project Gutenberg ebooks (free downloads)
    • Flatland by Edward Abbott
    • Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
    • The Categories by Aristotle
    • The Game of Logic by Lewis Carroll
    • The Number System of Algebra (2nd Ed) by Henry B Fine
  • Math and Science in Books: "Recommended by Mr. Brandenburg" on the Math Forum @ Drexel website.
  • Mathematics in Fiction courtesy of Alex Kasman
  • Math in Movies a collection maintained by Arnold G. Reinhold
  • Math in Novels: courtesy of Paul Cox
  • The Glossary of Math Mistakes made by advertisers, media, ... . Also maintained by Paul Cox
  • Math in Literature: Can you name the author and title of the books with the mathematical excerpts?
  • Invalid Proof Techniques (Humor)
• Student Research: Math and Related
  • Internet Mathematician: Learn how to use the Web to do research in mathematics.
  • Mathematical Atlas Created and maintained by Dave Rusin.
  • History of Mathematics Archive
• Animated or Graphical Mathematics - Games
  • Animations (Calculus): Douglas N.Arnold's graphical demonstrations of a selection of basic concepts.
  • NonEuclid (Geometry/Topology): Joel Castellanos's JAVA program for non-Euclidean geometry allowing you to play with the Poincare Disk.
  • Torus and Klein bottle games. (Geometry/Topology) Courtesy of Jeff Weeks. Requires that JAVA be enabled on your browser.
    • Torus/Klein Bottle: Download your own copy
  • Hyperbolic Games: (Geometry/Topology) Courtesy of Jeff Weeks
  • Geometry Playground: (Geometry) Written by Daniel J. Heath, Pacific Lutheran University.
  • Play Asteroids on a Projective Plane (Geometry/Topology) Written by Daniel J. Heath, Pacific Lutheran University.
• Careers in Math/CS
  • The UPS Math/CS Alumni Page This list was frozen in 1999.
  • Careers in Mathematics : a list of some pertinent sites.
  • Beezer's Links of special interest to UPS students in mathematics or computer science.
  • The AMS-SIAM Mathematical Careers Bulletin Board
  • The Mathematical Association of America's Careers Page
• What is the shape (and geometry) of space?
  • Do Dark Matter and Dark Energy make the Universe infinite (and flat)?
    • NASA's Goddard Space Center introduction to Dark Energy
    • New Scientist article (2007) on an unlikely alternative to Dark Energy
  • October 2003: Is the Universe shaped like a soccer ball?
  • NASA link on Wilkenson Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) the primary source of data on the Shape of the Universe
  • NASA information about the first COBE (COsmic Background Explorer) mission.
• Interesting Articles
  • From Flatland to Hypergraphics: Interacting with Higher Dimensions. Thomas F. Banchoff, Brown University
  • Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium A lecture by Nanny Fröman at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 28, 1996
  • A brief exposition on the Banach-Tarski Paradox.
  • Bertrand Russell's ``A Liberal Decalogue'' from The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 3: 1944-1969, pp. 71-2.
• Images
  • NASA's Planatery Data System (PDS) page (Check out the Map-A-Planet feature).
  • NASA's Astropix page. Daily astronomical photos
  • Can't get enough Astronomy? Here is a wonderful starting point.

Contact Information

Bryan Smith
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Puget Sound
1500 N. Warner
Tacoma, Washington 98416

Office: Thompson 390-D
Voice: (253) 879-3562
E-Mail: Click Here