Attitudes to Mathematics: A View of Attitudes in UK Education
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This 50 page paper provides an overview of the issue of the attitudes towards mathematics in education in the United Kingdom. This paper considers the attitudes, how they are measured, and how these attitudes impact learning. Though this paper has a definitive bias for UK education, the studies integrated into the review of literature include sources that relate the general factors that influence views of mathematics in Western education in general, including issues like gender bias and curriculum development. Bibliography lists 30 sources
Filename: MHMathUK.rev.wps

Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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This 46 page paper looks at the French nineteenth century mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy. The paper begins with an examination of the development of calculus up until the time of Cauchy and then looks at the mathematicians background and how it may have impacted on his work. The majority of the paper looks at his work, with numerous mathematical equations and examples. The paper includes consideration on how he created rigor in calculus, and many of his theories, including work on Fermat’s theories and many other theories of his own. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEcauchy.rtf

Automating Asymptotes
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A 3 page paper examining factors affecting engineers' understanding of graphing functions for a new software product. The paper's premise is software, but its subject is finding x- and y-intercepts and asymptotes, then graphing the equation. The equation used is f(x) = x – 1/ x^2 – x – 12. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSmathAsympt.rtf