Stocks vs Flows : How Long Do Students Remain in School?
The question in the title is intentionally ambiguous. Whom are we interested in--entering students or those already e...
The Calculus of Leaves: A Modeling Project for a Calculus Class
When I taught a calculus class composed mostly of biology students, I looked for a project wherein the students could...
The Mathematics Clinic: A Review of Its First Decade
Anyone who has attempted to teach realistic applied mathematics in a course has no doubt been impressed with the diff...
Tennis , Golf , and Loose Gravel: Insight from Easy Mathematical Models
Wimbledon watchers and tennis players cannot fail to be aware of the importance of the service. Players like Tanner a...
The Principal Axis Theorem
This article seeks to trace the historical development of the Principal Axis Theorem. It begins with the work of Rene...
Odds , Wagers , and the Horses
Although the origins of gambling are not recorded, there is evidence of it in the histories of most peoples. Dice wer...
The Standup Conic Presents: The Ellipse and Applications
This is the second paper in a series on the conic sections. The series is intended to be a dazzling potpourri of real...
Constructing Power Lines
Power lines are constructed by stringing the conductors from support to support in a continuous manner and then adjus...
A One Year Course in Mathematical Model Building
When the mathematics department of the University of Toledo revised its multi-track masters degree programs in applie...
Superior Beings , Their Powers , and the Problem of Evil: Can this be Mathematics?
The central question I pose in Superior Beings (Brams, 1983) is: If the reexisted a superior being who possessed the ...
A Case for Mathematical Modeling
In September, 1982, we mailed questionnaires to fortyfive departments of mathematics in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana t...
Some Applications of L'Hopital's Rule in Differential Equations
Even the best and most applications-oriented calculus textbooks, e.g. [I], do not provide any real world applications...
Contrariness: A First Step in Applying Mathematics
Diane Carswell is reluctant to learn about auto mechanics for the purpose of repairing her own vehicle, but she wants...
One Musician's Use of Combinations and Permutations
The study of combinations and permutations has fascinated scholars of all disciplines since ancient times. Within the...
The Fibonacci Sequence
This presentation, centered on Fibonacci number theory and its applications. aims at instilling in beginners' minds t...
Path Detection
An industry involved in defense systems can produce a detector that behaves as if it were a circle and knows when an ...
The Standup Conic Presents: The Hyperbola and Applications
This is the third papr in a series on the conic sections. This series contains 'real-world applications of these beau...
Consortium 98, Spring/Summer 2010
Table of Contents: From the Editor's Desk: DynaMAP Math at Work: Video Game Makers at Electronic Arts Historical...
Video Game Makers at Electronic Arts
On Andrea
Schiel's
most
exciting
day of
work, she helped Spiderman
escape from Ironman. Jose Caban
made...
The End of the Beginning
The historical development of mathematical modeling as its own unique area of mathematics reflects its roots in opera...
Modeling Images
In this Pull-Out, students learn how images can be digitalized and then compressed to reduce storage space. In Activi...
Enumeration Via Partitions
In 1995, Branko Grünbaum ([2]) published a fascinating new classification for convex quadrilaterals. Grünbaum starts ...
Youthful Achievement in Mathematics
Momentous
mathematical
achievement
is frequently
associated
with those who are advanced
in years. Some of...
Mathematical Experiments and Experimental Mathematics
This article introduces the emerging field of experimental mathematics by surveying just a few of its motivations, me...
UMAP Journal 31.2 Summer 2010 Edition - The 2010 MCM / ICM Contest Edition
Table of Contents Editorial The Modeling Contests in 2010 MCM Modeling Forum Results of the 2010 Mathematical Con...
Statistical Methods in Sole Source Contract Negotiation
This paper describes procedures that are used to analyze proposals that arise in the acquisition of military systems ...
The Network Television Game: There May Be No Best Schedule
ABSTRACT. The network television game involves three players, with each player trying to maximize his share of the ma...
What Do Physics Teachers Want?
To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, What do physicists want? It takes no psychoanalysis to figure out what teachers of the ...
Why Study the History of Mathematics
Not so long ago most mathematicians showed little interest, and some of them even a little contempt, for the history,...
President Fords War on Red Tape
For the past several decades Presidents have been noted for the wars they have fought. Lyndon Johnson was famous for ...
Who Cares About Population Models, Anyway?
Models of population growth are frequently employed for educational purposes. In this article we propose some reasons...
Linear and Circular Models of Graphs
The fundamental common concept of all applied mathematics is a mathematical model. Before the twentieth century, most...
Mathematics in The Mud
Although I am a mathematician by profession, I am active in poultry breeding as a hobby. I am occasionally asked if t...
The Faustmann Model of Optimal Forest Rotation
In 1849 a German forester , Martin Faustmann, published a model for the optimal harvesting of timber. This model was ...
Undergraduate - Classroom Experiences in Applies Mathematics
Applied mathematics in an industrial setting often involves the reformulation of problems stated in nonmathematical l...