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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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...
At Wayland, there has been an increased emphasis on the need to "go green". I’ll admit to having inherited a very West Texas conservative viewpoint on the environment. I’ll even go so far as to admit not giving it much thought at all and just taking...
