Dr. Christopher Swanson's Web Page

Office:                Patterson 209 and Clayton 103
Office Phone:      (419) 289-5264
E-mail:               cswanson@ashland.edu
Fax:                    (419) 289-5791

Spring 2013 Classes	Mathematics Sites	Ashland University
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Spring 2013 Class Information
Spring 2013 Office Hours - Mondays: 10am-11am (Patterson); 2pm-3pm (Patterson)

Tuesdays: 12pm-1pm (Clayton); 3pm-4pm (Clayton)
Wednesdays: 11am-12pm (Clayton); 1pm-2pm (Patterson)
Thursdays:  11am-12pm (Clayton); 2pm-3pm (Clayton)
Fridays:  3pm-4pm (Patterson); 4pm-5pm (Patterson)

Math 208E - Elementary Statistics
Syllabus
Assignments

Student Data Sheet (Excel format)

Exams from Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 (Microsoft Word format)
Exam I, Fall 2007 Version G, Spring 2007 Version H
Exam II, Fall 2007 Version G, Spring 2007 Version H
Exam III, Fall 2007 Version G, Spring 2007 Version H
Final Exam (Comprehensive), Fall 2007 Version G, Spring 2007 Version H

FREE DROP-IN TUTORING IN KETTERING 219 - Mondays: 7pm-8:30pm

Tuesdays: 12pm-1pm

Wednesdays: 7pm-8:30pm

Thursdays: 7pm-8:30pm

Math 470 – Special Topics: Financial Mathematics

Syllabus

Honors 310 – Honors Capstone Preparation Seminar

Syllabus

Honors 390 – Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar

Syllabus   

Past Classes

Honors 101 – The Heart of Mathematics

Syllabus

Project Guidelines

Assignments

Honors 390 – Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar

Syllabus – Fall 2009   

Syllabus – Spring 2010

IUL 101U – Introduction to University Life (The Barbaric Yawpers)

Syllabus
Assignments

Math 111 - Precalculus
Syllabus
Assignments

Exam I
Exam II

Exam III

Exam IV

Final Exam

Math 208HN - Honors Elementary Statistics
Syllabus
Project Guidelines
Assignments

Math 223 - Discrete Mathematics I
Syllabus
Assignments
Doug Ensley’s website with helpful Flash applications http://webspace.ship.edu/deensley/DiscreteMath/flash/index.html

Exams from Fall 2005 (Microsoft Word 2003 format) – PLEASE NOTE THE ORDER OF TOPICS CHANGED IN LATEST EDITION OF TEXTBOOK
            Exam I (Covering sections 1.1-1.5 of 6^th edition of Johnsonbaugh textbook), Version A, Version B
Exam II (Covering 1.7, 2.1-2.3, 3.1 of 6^th edition of Johnsonbaugh textbook), Version A, Version B
Exam III (Covering 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1-5.3, 6.1 of 6^th edition of Johnsonbaugh textbook), Version A, Version B
Final Exam (Comprehensive), Version A, Version B

Math 224 - Discrete Mathematics II
Syllabus
Assignments
Exams from Spring 2006 (Microsoft Word Format)

Exam I, Version A, Version B

Exam II, Version A, Version B

Final Exam, Version A, Version B

Dijkstra's Algorithm for finding shortest path from Kenji Ikeda's web site (PowerPoint Example from class)
Kruskal's Algorithm for minimal spanning trees from Papagelis Athanasios' web site
Prim's Algorithm for minimal spanning trees from Papagelis Athanasios' web site
Huffman Codes from Karen Van Houten (University of Idaho)'s web site
                            Please note that this site switches the assignments of 0's and 1's to the edges from the method
                            discussed in our textbook.
Ford-Fulkerson Maximal Flow Algorithm from Kenji Ikeda's web site

Math 308 - Operations Research

Math 311 - Modern Geometry
Syllabus
Assignments
Grading Policy on Homework Problems

Math 317 - Probability
Syllabus
Assignments

Exams from Fall 2009

Exam I

Exam II

Final Exam

Math 318 - Mathematics of Statistics
Syllabus
Assignments

Math 341 – Intermediate Applied Statistics

Syllabus

Assignments

Math 450

Syllabus

Problems selected for student presentations

Articles selected for student presentations

Math 470 - Special Topics - Creativity in Mathematical Problem Solving
Syllabus
Assignments

Math 470 - Special Topics - Knot Theory
Syllabus
Assignments
Knot Plot site - lots of cool knot graphics and links to other knot theory sites

Math 470 - Special Topics – Complex Analysis
Syllabus
Assignments

Mathematics Sites
Mathematical Association of America

Ohio Section

Convergence – Online magazine providing resources to help teach mathematics using its history

American Mathematical Society
Internship and Co-op Opportunities for Undergraduates
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Programs
Be An Actuary - Actuarial career information including exam information
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics - Excellent Online Version of the CRC Encycolpedia of Mathematics
Mathematical Fiction
Mathematician's Name Pronunciation Guide
Neil Sloane's On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
The Math Forum
DIMACS - Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Math Archives
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biographies, history topics, and famous curves
Mathematics Genealogy Project - Traces advisors

Student Research Problems - Sites which list possible problems for
                                            undergraduate research
David Eppstein's The Geometry Junkyard:  Open Problems
Robert Hochberg's Open Problems for Undergraduates

Other Interesting Sites
CNN
ESPN
IMDB - The internet movie database
NCHC – National Collegiate Honors Council  

PDGA - Professional Disc Golf Association