MATHEMATICS AND THE ART OF WAR
[ send me this paper ]
This 8-page paper examines how mathematic applications have been used to help analyze and calcluate wars. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTmatwar.rtf

Mathematics in Investment: A Review of Two Trade Textbooks
[ send me this paper ]
A 3 page overview of Nicholas Dunbar's "Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It" and Roger Lowenstein's "When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management". Each of these books detail specific mathematical applications in the finance trade. The author of this paper explores their coverage of the Black-Scholes Formula and its role in the collapse of the massive hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPmathTx.rtf

Mathematics in Music
[ send me this paper ]
This 5 page paper considers the way that maths can be seen as present in the subject off music. The paper looks at notation, frequencies and accounting as relevant subjects in this field. The paper is written to demonstrates the wide use of mathematics in many subjects. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEmathmu.wps

Mathematics in Sports
[ send me this paper ]
An 11 page explanation of how mathematics are indeed an important tool in sports. Not only does an understanding of mathematics empower players by enabling them to use their body in the most effective manner to achieve optimum performance, mathematics are also useful in a diversity of other areas that are relevant to sports. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPmathSp.rtf

Mathematics Used in Accounting Practice
[ send me this paper ]
This 3 page paper looks at the use of mathematics in accounting practice. Double entry bookkeeping is used as an example. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA344mth.rtf

METHODOLOGY, MATH AND THE SIXTH GRADE STUDENT
[ send me this paper ]
This 4 page paper discusses the application and use of various curriculum for the sixth grade math student. Specific lesson plans discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MBmath1.rtf

Napier's Life & Works
[ send me this paper ]
A short, 3 page overview of the life & works of John Napier containing brief descriptions of his major works and other people also associated with the development of logarithms.
Filename: Napier3.wps

National Statistics And Local Decisions
[ send me this paper ]
A 3 page paper that begins by briefly explaining what statistics is and the purpose of statistics. The essay discusses how easily it is to misuse statistics, using the example of national teacher salary averages. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGstsnt.RTF

Newton and Leibniz
[ send me this paper ]
In this 7 page paper we look at how both of these men can be seen as the founders of calculus. The paper considers their ideas and the ways in which they were similar was well as the controversy over the publishing of these ideas. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEcalcul.wps

Newton’s Calculus
[ send me this paper ]
A 6 page paper discussing events and conditions leading to Sir Isaac Newton’s development of calculus in the mid-17th century. An expansion of “Sir Isaac Newton” (PGnewton.rtf) that provides background information on Newton’s life and the dispute with Leibniz, this paper focuses on calculus and its significance during and after the time of its invention. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSnewtonCalc.rtf