The Kenneth C. Schraut Memorial Lecture
The Kenneth C. Schraut Memorial Lecture was established entirely with the
generous support of alumni donations in memory of Dr. Kenneth C. Schraut.
The Memorial Lecture was established for the purpose of sponsoring invited
lectures by noted mathematicians for undergraduate students.
How to Keep Up with
Mathematics
Delivered by
Dr.
Paul Campbell (BS 67)
Professor
and Chair
Department
of Mathematics and Computer Science
Beloit
College
4:30 p.m., November 2, 2002
Room 114, Sherman Hall
University of Dayton
You are a mathematics major perhaps because you are good at
it and it’s useful, but more likely mainly because you enjoy it.
Most undergraduate mathematics is decades or even centuries
old, in part because of the hierarchical nature of the subject. Meanwhile, your
fellow students in biology and other sciences use textbooks that feature crucial
work of the last five or ten years.
Recall, though, what you were told in orientation to
college and often since: Much learning in college has to take place outside the
classroom, at your own initiative. After your formal education ends, all
mathematics learning will be at your own initiative.
So, you need to enhance your mathematics education now
and—above all—prepare to continue it on your own after college. Now is the
time to develop life-long skills to seek mathematics
and to see mathematics.
• How can you find out and understand what is happening
in mathematics today?
• How can you see the mathematics in the world around
you?
This talk will
—be illustrated with examples from everyday life,
—include a helpful handout, and
—be appropriate for not only current mathematics majors
but also the general public, particularly teachers of mathematics at all levels.
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Paul Campbell graduated summa cum laude from UD in 1967.
After receiving an M.S. in algebra and a Ph.D. in mathematical logic from
Cornell University, he taught at St. Olaf College in Minnesota before settling
at Beloit College in Wisconsin. He has been the Reviews Editor for Mathematics
Magazine since 1977, editor of The
Undergraduate Mathematics Applications Project (UMAP) Journal since 1984,
and author for many years of annual articles on mathematics for Encyclopædia
Britannica yearbooks.
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