Voronoi Diagrams & Proximity Problem - Teacher's Notes (GeoMAP)
Many interesting problems in the real world can be thought of as proximity problems. In a proximity problem you are i...
UMAP Journal 24.1 Spring 2003 Edition
Table of Contents: EDITORIAL Explore the Universe: Through Issues of The UMAP Journal SPECIAL SECTION ON ASTROPHYS...
UMAP Journal 24.2 Summer 2003 Edition
Table of Contents: EDITORIAL Environmental Modeling: Not Just a Senior Elective Any More SPECIAL SECTION ON THE I...
UMAP Journal 24.3 Fall 2003 Edition - The 2003 MCM Contest Edition
Table of Contents: EDITORIAL Secondary-Undergraduate Articulation: Moving Forward MODELING FORUM Results of the 2...
Consortium 75, Fall 2000
Table of Contents: FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESK HiMCM 2001 HISTORICAL NOTES Scenario: The Mathematics of President...
UMAP / ILAP Modules 2002-03: Tools for Teaching
Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION UMAP MODULES 783 Game Theory Models of Animal Behavior 789 Liouville's Theorem in ...
How Old Is The Earth? (Portuguese) (UMAP)
A unit that involves calculus in determining the age of the earth. This is a somewhat shortened translation of UMAP ...
Consortium 85, Fall/Winter 2003
Table of Contents: FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESK All Mathematics is Pre-Service HENRY'S NOTES Hanging Pictures MA...
Liouville's Theorem in Dynamics (UMAP)
The purpose of this module is to give an elementary introduction to Liouville's theorem in dynamics. Well known to ph...
Game Theory Models of Animal Behavior (UMAP)
This unit is an introduction to elementary game theory and some of its applications to evolutionary biology. The conc...
Predicting Opportunities for Viewing the International Space Station (UMAP)
The goal of this module is to give readers a complete description of a method for predicting when and where to look f...
Determination of Satellite Orbits with Vector Calculus (UMAP)
The six orbital elements are used to classify the size, shape, and orientation of a satellite in orbit about the eart...
An Introduction to Portfolio Theory (UMAP)
Portfolio theory concerns balancing return and risk inthe selection of an investment portfolio. We presentan introduc...
The Hopping Hoop (ILAP)
Physical Concepts Examined: 1. Motion 2. Friction Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION Exercise 1: Center of Mass PR...
Saving a Drug Poisoning Victim (ILAP)
Physical Concepts Examined: 1. Kinetics of drug uptake and elimination Table of Contents: SETTING THE SCENE BUILD...
Pollution Police (ILAP)
Physical Concepts Examined: 1. Molecular vibrations, symmetries, centers of mass, and spectroscopy Table of Content...
Managing Health Insurance Premiums (ILAP)
Physical Concepts Examined: 1. Data on claims and premiums Table of Contents: SETTING THE SCENE Assumptions Claim...
Chloroform Alert! (ILAP)
AAA Chemical Inc. operates two chemical plants in the town of Bayou St. Edwards, home of Dixieland State University. ...
Stocking a Fish Pond (ILAP)
A number of basic measurements are used in describing populations and populated communities. Among these are populati...
The Lagniappe Fund (ILAP)
Physical Concepts Examined: 1. Portfolio optimization 2. Capital asset pricing model Table of Contents: SETTING TH...
Who Falls Through the Healthcare Safety Net? (ILAP)
This project is appropriate for a mathematics course intended to serve students majoring in fine arts and the humanit...
Survival of Early Americans (ILAP)
Physical Concepts Examined: 1. Population Dynamics Table of Contents: BACKGROUND INFORMATION SITUATION 1: SURVIVA...
UMAP Journal 21.3, Fall 2000 - The 2000 MCM Contest Edition
Table of Contents: PUBLISHER'S EDITORIAL COMAP on the Web In Memoriam: Ross L. Finney MODELING FORUM Results of ...
Consortium 76, Winter 2000
Table of Contents: FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Election Analysis HENRY'S NOTES What--More Logarithms? HISTORICAL N...
UMAP Journal 21.4 Winter 2000
Table of Contents: GUEST EDITORIAL Serve the People...Mathematics SPECIAL SECTION ON MATHSERVE Mathserve Results...
Public Support for Presidents II (UMAP)
This module will allow students to work with elementary gain/loss models, and understand some of the basic principles...
Public Support for Presidents I (UMAP)
This module will allow students to work with elementary gain/loss models, and understand some of the basic principles...
Computed Tomography in Multivariable Calculus (UMAP)
This module seeks to: 1) strengthen students' intuition in multidimensional geometry; 2) consolidate students' comman...
The Resilience of Grassland Ecosystems (UMAP)
This module introduces students to the state-and-transition theory explaining the succession of plant species on gras...
Small Mammal Dispersion (UMAP)
This module introdcues students to the social fence hypothesis explaining small mammal migration between adjacent lan...
Population Models in Biology and Demography (UMAP)
This module presents applications from microbiology and demography that give a physical context for critical concepts...
Multiple Reduction Copy Machines and Fractals (UMAP)
This module uses the idea of the Multiple Redcution Copy Machine (MRCM) to explain iterated function systems and frac...
Applications of Sequences and Limits in Calculus (UMAP)
This module introduces applications of the mathematical concepts of sequence and limit by way of the method of bisect...
Elliptic Integrals and Elliptic Functions in Calculus Beyond (UMAP)
This module demonstrates the use of the main concepts and theorems from calculus in the solution of real problems, he...
Trigonometry Requires Calculus, Not Vice Versa (UMAP)
After exposing the lack of foundation for trigonometry in the curriculum, this module explains one way to define and ...
Desiging a Model of a Platform Crane (UMAP)
This module presents Hooke's Law and some fundamental concepts of engineering mechanics as they apply to the design m...