Department of Mathematics --- College of Science --- University of Utah

Peter Alfeld 's Home Page

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Mathematics

Research

• An interactive applet that let's you explore triangle based splines
• Similarly for tetrahedra.
• Similarly for subspaces of tensor product spaces.

Understanding Mathematics - a study guide

Other Mathematical Links

• What Can You Do With A Slide Rule?
• University of Utah Math Department Home Page
• a biographical sketch (very sketchy).
• The University of Utah Mathematics/CS Computational Engineering and Science (CES) Program.
• Famous Equations and Inequalities

Interactive (educational) Applets

• Explore the Mandelbrot Set.
• Find out the finer points of The Sieve of Eratosthenes
• Explore the Goldbach conjecture, the distribution of prime twins, the prime number theorem, and prime numbers in general, with The Prime Machine.
• Explore how Archimedes estimated the value of pi.
• See how a computer solves the N by N Queens problem.
• Manipulate interactively the platonic solids.
• Explore Exponentials, Radicals, and Logarithms.
• Design and explore your own Random Number Generator.
• Try to be Unpredictable.
• Explore the Bernstein Bézier form.
• Compute Mortgage Payments and Saving Plans using this online financial Calculator.
• Finally, a game! The Game of Sprouts.
• Or, see all the applets on one page.

Other Links

• The Weather in Salt Lake City.
• Official Web page of Utah. Also try the Utah Travel Council.

• Local newspapers: The Salt Lake Tribune. and the Deseret News. Or, if you must, you can read the New York Times or Time Magazine.
• This is the Place!
• Spectacular home page: Chris Alfeld (my son).
• Another cool home page: Scott Alfeld (my son).
• Chess.
• A beautiful topographical map of Utah. (This was obtained from a collection which has such maps and others for each of the United States.)
• Favorite Quotes, mathematical, wacky, and otherwise.
• US National Debt Clock.

• The US Global Positioning System.
• Utah Landscapes
• A Guide for teaching mathematics, part I (Why is this guide listed under "other links" ?)
• A Guide for teaching mathematics, part II