An NSF Supported Initiative

 Department of Mathematical Sciences

Catch the Waves to Calculus
Integrated Calculus and Analytical Geometry
MA 163H - 164H Honors Course
MA 490H-01 - 490H-02 Undergraduate Research


Principal Investigator
Peter Hamburger

Investigators
Dan Coroian
Yifei Pan


Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

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Course Description
Contents
Tentative Schedule
Special Features
Grades
How to use WIF/LN?
Student Projects
The Honors Program

Mathematics Throughout The Curriculum Links
The MTC Page

"WAIT! We know what you're thinking - but this is a math course unlike any in your past experience! This course is being taught with a radical new concept: math that makes sense! Now you can learn math where ideas and concepts are motivated by real world problems that we want to solve - NOT artificial problems that can't be used in real life. By solving the mystery of human speech through a study of sound waves, a basis is laid for the understanding of difficult mathematical concepts. This course teaches wave analysis, Fourier series, Fourier Transforms, and even the Fast Fourier Transform Method. Truly interdisciplinary, the course focuses on applications of these methods in sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, geology, engineering, medicine, broadcasting, speech and communication, linguistics, photography and the arts. Group projects will alow you to explore application in your own area of study. Enhanced by computer lab exercises, the course permits students to use software used in psychology, linguistics, speech and communication, geology, biology, chemistry and physics. As with all Honors courses, enrollment is limited to no more than twenty students. This course is especially recommended for students in technology, Engineering, Business, Nursing, Pre-med, and Audiology." (Matt Kubik, former Director of the Honors Program)

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