A mathematics blog of Scott Franklin, assistant professor of mathematics at Wayland Baptist University, covering mathematics news, history, education, interesting problems, spiritual principles and blunders. Much of the content will be informative but there is plenty of humor.
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From an article by Mary Ann Bragg which appeared on CapeCodeOnline and was also printed in this month’s College Mathematics Journal:
TRURO — Voters narrowly approved one of four zoning amendments late Tuesday night at the annual town meeting. But...
I’ve not studied much of the history of mathematics but occasionally I read from a few books I have on my shelf on the subject. When my mind is bogged down and I am unmotivated on my current projects, I pick up, say, Makers of Mathematics, by Stuart...
This week I was given the privilege of leading our campus Environmental Stewardship Bible Study. Currently the study is walking through various sections of the Bible in order to provide a scriptural foundation for concepts in environmental...
In several lengthy discussions that I’ve had with friends and colleagues over my new interest in environmental stewardship, inevitably we begin discussing the stereotypes of environmental activists. Being raised in West Texas my whole life, I...
During Calculus last week, we covered slope fields and Euler’s method of first order initial-value problems of the form
During class we demonstrated the use of slope field to perform a basic qualitative analysis. We utilized a couple of different...
