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Address:		Dept of Mathematics Hamline University St Paul, MN 55104-1284
Office:		Drew Science 123C
Phone:		651-523-2408
Email		wnk at hamline.edu
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News from Poland

Michael Trott's movie of a knotted torus morphing into a sphere
and the mathematics behind it

A lighter look at group theory

Go to Dept of Mathematics page.

Rubik's Cube
The July 2008 issue of Scientific American has an interesting issue of some of the mathematics behind Rubik's Cube and other puzzles based on similar mathematics. There are a number of on-line references to related matters. I wear several hats at Hamline University: I am a member of the Mathematics Department and also coordinator of the Computer Science Program at Hamline.

You can find out more about me here. Some people find my humor hard to understand, here is a sample. Since I do a lot of programming, I find value in words of wisdom of other programmers. Confused about you IP address? You can determine your IP address and the name of your computer here

Research topics in Mathematics
Suggested projects for Jr/Sr Colloquium
Varia
What about categories in physics?
12^th Annual NCS MAA Math Competition (questions only)
12^th Annual NCS MAA Math Competition (with solutions)

Courses: Fall 2008

MA 1180 -- Calculus II
MA 3330 -- Linear Algebra
CS 3980 -- Operating Systems

A note about all of my courses: The ONLY tangible entity that you gain from an education is what you can produce with your mind. Appropriating someone else's intellectual output as yours is the most flagrant travesty imaginable. Any act of violation of intellectual property rights -- this includes cheating and plagiarism -- will be cause for an immediate failing grade in a course. If I had the authority, it would be cause for dismissal from the university.

And now for something a little different

© GB Trudeau 16 Nov 2008

Items of Interest

Carol Anway, a Hamline alum and math/physics major,

is on the cover of the current Boeings Frontiers magazine. Since lightning strikes the average aircraft once a year, the occurrence needs to be an ordinary event. That's one of the major focus areas of Carol Anway, a physicist with Phantom Works, and her teammates in the electromagnetic effects group. One key tool used to test a part's ability to withstand lightning is a Marx generator, which makes a giant lightning bolt. Full Story ...

Algebraic Topology

My first research field, and my first-love is algebraic topology. Bob Bruner has a nice description of this beautiful subject as well as many other links to pages on topology.

John Baez' Pages

John Baez is a physicist who also does research on catgegory theory and topology. His pages always have something interesting.

C++ Builder

This is a RAD tool for the development of GUI interfaces for C++ code, now in its 4th release. I am archiving a mailing list for CPB and will be adding other links for this system

SiteComp for Windows

I have been working on a CAD package for the civil engineering market for a number of years. The concept of the package is due to Richard Harrison but the algorithms used in the package and its implementation are mine. You can find a full description here.

On 25 December 2007 Richard Harrison and I were awarded a patent for the development of this package.

Some interesting WWW sites

Here are some WWW sites which I have found interesting and/or useful.

Apakabar is a compendium of postings to Indonesian news sites.

A philosophy of using Java to teach computer science at SUNY Oswego. (Old but still interesting.)

Ask a Mathematician is an interesting site with great questions and responses.

The Topology Atlas is a wonderful resource for news on topology.

Association for Women in Computing, Twin Cities Chapter

Phil Ochs: His words are still relevant today, but is anyone listening.

The Virtual Museum of Computing

Lessons on the history of computer science at the University of Regina in Canada.

This is a repository of links to sources in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and related fields.

Eric W. Weisstein (at the University of Virginia) has created a database of scientific biographies with links to additional information. He also has put on line the CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics which has great definitions and links to many many areas of mathematics.

Computer Science at Dartmouth College

The Math Archives has a really fine collection of Calculus Resources Online, among many other wonderful things.

With data on half a million students from 41 countries, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest, most comprehensive, and most rigorous international study of schools and students ever.

Notabene Mailing List Archive

Indiana University Computer Science Entry Point

Univ of British Columbia Computer Science Home Page

COMPUTER COMPANIES

Last modified: Wed Nov 19 17:57:16 CST 2008

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Rubik's Cube The July 2008 issue of Scientific American has an interesting issue of some of the mathematics behind Rubik's Cube and other puzzles based on similar mathematics. There are a number of on-line references to related matters.	I wear several hats at Hamline University: I am a member of the Mathematics Department and also coordinator of the Computer Science Program at Hamline.

You can find out more about me here. Some people find my humor hard to understand, here is a sample. Since I do a lot of programming, I find value in words of wisdom of other programmers.	Confused about you IP address? You can determine your IP address and the name of your computer here

Research topics in Mathematics Suggested projects for Jr/Sr Colloquium	Varia What about categories in physics? 12^th Annual NCS MAA Math Competition (questions only) 12^th Annual NCS MAA Math Competition (with solutions)