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Welcome to Mathematics for General Education. with David Lofte. Dave Lofte. I was a student at Hartnell from 1999 to 2006! Majored in Mathematics at Sonoma State University. I graduated in 2008 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Dave Lofte
•I was a student at Hartnell from 1999 to 2006! •Majored in Mathematics at Sonoma State University. I
graduated in 2008 •I Received my Masters in Mathematics in 2010, I kept
studying for another year before moving back to Salinas
Outside of School... I have a family.
•I am Married to Leanna Lofte, she is also teaches at Hartnell. •I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter
and a brand new baby!
I like Surfing
I enjoy Drinking Beer, er Sampling Beer.
Video Games are fun.
Things that need doing!
• Syllabus• Survey• Attendance
What is Mathematics?
• Break into groups of 3-4 and come up with a definition or your best description of what mathematics is.
What is mathematics?
• "A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat which isn't there,“ Darwin
• "Mathematics is the subject in which one never knows what he is talking about nor if what he says is true” Russell
What is mathematics?
• "Mathematics is the science of saving thought“
• "Mathematics is persistent intellectual honesty”
• “Mathematics is intellectual adventuring” Lofte
What is mathematics?
• "The mathematician studies numbers and geometric forms“ Renyi
• "mathematics is arithmetic, music, geometry and astronomy“
• "There are now at least five distinct sources of mathematical ideas. They are number, shape, arrangement, movement, and chance.“ Stewart
What is mathematics?
• "the study of mental objects with reproducible properties is called mathematics.“ Davis
• Mathematical haiku: "Fire and Ice, Strange anomaly, The flame of intuition, Frozen in rigor.“ O’Brian
• "Mathematics combines two opposites, exactitude and freedom.“ Nevanlinna
What is mathematics?
• "But the supreme value of mathematics, insofar as understanding the world about us is concerned, is that it reveals order and law where mere observation shows chaos.“ Kline
• "Mathematics provides the dies by which science is formed, and mathematics is the essence of our best scientific theories.“ Kline
Math myths
• Mathematics is only Algebra, Calculus and Differential Equations.
• Math is all figured out!• Only guys are good at math.• Some people just aren’t good at math.• Only Genius’s are good at math!• MATH IS NOT CREATIVE.
Homework
• Comment somewhere on my website.
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