Biking into Trees with SIMIODE T-shirt Entry #86 26 Oct 2016 2:59 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments We have news from SIMIODE member, Tim Pennings. He is the author of a way cool article, “Do dogs know calculus?” about his little dog Elvis which was published in the College Mathematics Journal in 2003 (34(3): 178-182). Here is the abstract, “In all calculus books...
SIAM Conference on Applied Mathematics Education Meeting Presentaitons Available Entry #85 20 Oct 2016 10:31 am Brian Winkel 0 comments The SIAM Conference on Applied Mathematics Education took place September 30 – October 2, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Presentations from select sessions at the SIAM Conference on Applied Mathematics Education (ED16) and the Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE16) are now...
Applied Mathematics in MAA Journal Mathematics Magazine Entry #84 20 Oct 2016 10:14 am Brian Winkel 0 comments Mike Jones is the Editor of the MAA journal Mathematics Magazine. In a lunch conversation yesterday with Mike he noted that the magazine is looking for articles of an applied mathematics nature. While each of the five issues published in a year contain very rich and interesting mathematics the...
A Three-Fold Approach to the Heat Equation: Data, Modeling, Numerics Entry #83 13 Oct 2016 11:37 am Brian Winkel 0 comments James Puckett and Kimberly Spayd have authored a wonderful article in the current issue of PRIMUS with full citation: Spayd, K. and J. Puckett. 2016. A Three-Fold Approach to the Heat Equation: Data, Modeling, Numerics. PRIMUS. 26(10): 938-951. The abstract to begin says it all with respect to...