teaching

This section is primarily designed for my current students. If you are not one of my students and somehow found your way here, feel free to poke around.

My current office hours are Monday & Wednesday at 2:30-3:30PM and Thursday at 2:00-3:00PM (or by appointment). My office is located in Hyde 356.

All of the work contained in this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Almost all of the PDF files on my web site were generated using LaTeX. If you are interested in the source code, please .

Here are the courses that I am currently teaching (Spring 2012) at Plymouth State University.

• MA2560: Calculus II, Spring 2012
• MA3110: Logic, Proof, & Axiomatic Systems, Spring 2012
• MA2560: Linear Algebra, Spring 2012
• MA2560: Calculus III, Spring 2012

See below for courses that I have taught in previous semesters.

More information that you may find helpful:

• Quick LaTeX Guide
• Elements of Style of Proofs (PDF file) Note: This work is based on a document by the same name written by Anders Hendrickson of Concordia College.
• If you are interested in having me write you a letter of recommendation, please read the page located here.

A few online resources that you may find useful:

• PSU Sage Notebook server (open source alternative to Maple, Mathematica, and Matlab; runs in a web browser)
• Lurch (open source mathematics validation software)
• Group Explorer (free visualization software for abstract algebra)
• Whitman Calculus (free calculus text)
• One-Variable Calculus Resources (lots of resources for the first two semesters of calculus; hosted by the MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library)
• Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications (open source abstract algebra textbook)
• A First Course in Linear Algebra (open source linear algebra textbook)
• Interactive Real Analysis (free online real analysis textbook)
• Wolfram|Alpha (a computational knowledge engine)
• MIT Mathematics OpenCourseWare (free course material and videos for mathematics courses, offered through the MIT OpenCourseWare Project, also available through iTunesU)
• Ever wonder, "When will I use math?" If so, check out http://www.whenwilliusemath.com/.
• Visual Calculus (a cool website with Flash tutorials covering a variety of topics in calculus)
• Paul's Online Math Notes (an excellent website by Paul Dawkins at Lamar University)
• trig unit circle (PDF file)

Here are some applets, mostly illustrating various concepts from calculus:

• Calculus Applets (a comprehensive collection of excellent calculus applets)
• Mathematics Visualization Toolkit (this thing won't do your laundry, but it does almost everything else)
• Java applets by Deej Heath (lots of Java applets, including some calculus applets)
• GeoGebra applets by Elisha Peterson (small collection of GeoGebra applets; good for Calculus III stuff)
• Blaise applets by Elisha Peterson (more applets; good for Calculus III stuff)

This is a (partial) list of courses that I have taught over the past several semesters.

Plymouth State University

• MA2000: Introduction to Formal Mathematics, Fall 2011
• MA2550: Calculus I, Fall 2011
• MA4140: Abstract Algebra, Fall 2011
• MA2560: Calculus II, Spring 2011
• MA3110: Logic, Proof, & Axiomatic Systems, Spring 2011
• MA4220: Number Theory, Spring 2011
• MA2000: Introduction to Formal Mathematics, Fall 2010
• MA2550: Calculus I, Fall 2010
• MA4510: Introduction to Analysis, Fall 2010
• MA2560: Calculus II, Spring 2010
• MA4140: Algebraic Structures, Spring 2010
• MA2550: Calculus I, Fall 2009
• MA2560: Calculus II, Fall 2009
• MA3110: Logic, Proof, and Axiomatic Systems, Fall 2009
• MG 5860: Visual Group Theory, Summer 2009
• MA2550: Calculus I, Spring 2009
• MA2560: Calculus II, Spring 2009
• MA3110: Logic, Proof, and Axiomatic Systems, Spring 2009
• MA2550: Calculus I, Fall 2008
• MA3110: Logic, Proof, and Axiomatic Systems, Fall 2008

University of Colorado at Boulder

• Math 1300: Calculus I, Spring 2008
• Math 2300: Calculus II, Fall 2007
• Math 3130: Linear Algebra, Spring 2007
• Math 5905: Math Teacher Training, Spring 2007
• Math 1300: Calculus I, Fall 2006
• Math 2300: Calculus II, Fall 2005
• Math 1150: Precalculus, Summer 2005
• Math 1300: Calculus I, Spring 2005