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

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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).
• 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.