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I am a professor of mathematics and Chair (2004-11, Yikes!) of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
About to have me as a teacher, or curious about my teaching philosophy? Read my
Teaching Statement. You might also like to look at
How I Learn. How do You?
Here is a brief statement explaining
Who Am I?
If you want a longer, more personal description,
read my
Mathematical Autobiography.
I often ask students to write their math autobiographies, and I am happy to give you this one of me in turn.
Or, you can read my much longer, drier, but very complete
curriculum vitae; this is how academics describe themselves to each other.
Office hours. To be determined. Chair schedules are erratic (due to meetings) but I will be around a lot of the time, typically from 10am each day until at least 4pm. Best to make an appointment. Or, phone (x8240) or email (smaurer1) before coming to see me to check that I am available.
Current and Recent Courses
Fall 2006
- Math 23, Brief Survey of Calculus Through Second Year .
Clicking here will should take you to the Blackboard website for the course. You will be logged in with guest priviledges, which lets you see some of the material. If you are enrolled in the course, at the top of the page you can re-login as yourself and then get to see everything.
What you can't see as a guest are the discussion boards and, perhaps, the subfolder called Course Documents. I protect the latter when it contains copyrighted material (not mine) that, under fair use permissions, I can only make available to my class.
Spring 2007
- Math 33 Basic Multivariate Calculus (without linear algebra)
Clicking here will take you to the Blackboard website for the course
(same caveats as for Math 23).
- Math 101 Real Analysis II.
Clicking here will take you to the Blackboard website for the course
(same caveats as for Math 23).
Course Archives
Look here for some previously developed course materials that may be of interest to the mathematical public. For instance, I create a number of special problem sets, and I will put them here. Warning: Except for Math 18H, the materials from pre-Blackboard days are just odds and ends. They were developed before we used the web systematically, and I was just experimenting with posting things.
- Math 3 Intro. to Mathematical Thinking
- Math 6A Calculus II. part A (but we no longer give Calc II in half-courses)
- Math 6B Calculus II. part B
- Math 6s Calculus II Seminar
- Math 18H Honors Multivariate Calculus
- Honors Multivariate Calculus Problems (Math 18H)
- Math 28P, Linear Algebra Honors Seminar with Physics. (This Blackboard site may become inaccessible eventually)
- Math 29, Discrete Mathematics. (This Blackboard site may also become inaccessible)
- Math 65 Combinatorics
Books
Articles
See my curriculum vitae.
- I am a writer for the CME Project, an
NSF funded high school math curriculum. I am the lead writer for the chapter on linear algebra in their Algebra II book.
- I am a consultant on discrete mathematics to the Core Plus Mathematics Project, another NSF funded, integrated math curriculum.
- I am involved in MathPath, a great summer program for advanced middle school kids really into math. I taught in the 2003 and 2004 programs, and will probably teach in the 2006 program.
- I am involved with various MAA publication efforts. For the last 6 years I have been on the Editorial Board for the Classroom Resources Series. In January 2007 I become Editor of the Notes Series, which publishes volumes on current developments in teaching college mathematics.
- I am an associate editor for the DIMACS Educational Modules. DIMACS is a center for DIscrete MAthematics and Computer Science. For more information about it, click here.
I highly recommend that any mathematically inclined person read the short book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time To find out why, click here.
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smaurer1@swarthmore.edu
Last updated 2/15/07