Multimedia Tools for Communicating Mathematics
Multimedia Tools for Communicating Mathematics

Author: Jonathan Borwein

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 364256240X

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This book on multimedia tools for communicating mathematics arose from presentations at an international workshop organized by the Centro de Matemtica e Aplicacoes Fundamentais at the University of Lisbon, in November 2000, with the collaboration of the Sonderforschungsbereich 288 at the University of Technology in Berlin, and of the Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. The MTCM2000 meeting aimed at the scientific methods and algorithms at work inside multimedia tools, and it provided an overview of the range of present multimedia projects, of their limitations and the underlying mathematical problems. This book presents some of the tools and algorithms currently being used to create new ways of making enhanced interactive presentations and multimedia courses. It is an invaluable and up-to-date reference book on multimedia tools presently available for mathematics and related subjects.

Mathematics for Multimedia
Mathematics for Multimedia

Author: Mladen Victor Wickerhauser

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-10-30

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0817648801

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This textbook presents the mathematics that is foundational to multimedia applications. Featuring a rigorous survey of selected results from algebra and analysis, the work examines tools used to create application software for multimedia signal processing and communication. Replete with exercises, sample programs in Standard C, and numerous illustrations, Mathematics for Multimedia is an ideal textbook for upper undergraduate and beginning graduate students in computer science and mathematics who seek an innovative approach to contemporary mathematics with practical applications. The work may also serve as an invaluable reference for multimedia applications developers and all those interested in the mathematics underlying multimedia design and implementation.

Symbolizing and Communicating in Mathematics Classrooms
Symbolizing and Communicating in Mathematics Classrooms

Author: Paul Cobb

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1135677824

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This volume grew out of a symposium on discourse, tools, and instructional design at Vanderbilt University in 1995 that brought together a small international group to grapple with issues of communicating, symbolizing, modeling, and mathematizing, particularly as these issues relate to learning in the classroom. The participants invited to develop chapters for this book--all internationally recognized scholars in their respective fields--were selected to represent a wide range of theoretical perspectives including mathematics education, cognitive science, sociocultural theory, and discourse theory. The work is distinguished by the caliber of the contributors, the significance of the topics addressed in the current era of reform in mathematics education, and the diversity of perspectives taken to a common set of themes and issues. The book is intended for those who are seeking to expand their understanding of the complexity of learning in order to enhance the learning experiences students have in schools, primarily researchers, instructional designers, and graduate students in mathematics education, as well as those in other fields including science education, instructional design in general, discourse theory, and semiotics.

Communicating Mathematics in the Digital Era
Communicating Mathematics in the Digital Era

Author: Jonathan Borwein

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-10-31

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 143986523X

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The digital era has dramatically changed the ways that researchers search, produce, publish, and disseminate their scientific work. These processes are still rapidly evolving due to improvements in information science, new achievements in computer science technologies, and initiatives such as DML and open access journals, digitization projects, sci

Semiotics as a Tool for Learning Mathematics
Semiotics as a Tool for Learning Mathematics

Author: Adalira Sáenz-Ludlow

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-12-17

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9463003371

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Semiotics as a Tool for Learning Mathematics is a collection of ten theoretical and empirical chapters, from researchers all over the world, who are interested in semiotic notions and their practical uses in mathematics classrooms. Collectively, they present a semiotic contribution to enhance pedagogical aspects both for the teaching of school mathematics and for the preparation of pre-service teachers. This enhancement involves the use of diagrams to visualize implicit or explicit mathematical relations and the use of mathematical discourse to facilitate the emergence of inferential reasoning in the process of argumentation. It will also facilitate the construction of proofs and solutions of mathematical problems as well as the progressive construction of mathematical conceptions that, eventually, will approximate the concept(s) encoded in mathematical symbols. These symbols hinge not only of mental operations but also on indexical and iconic aspects; aspects which often are not taken into account when working on the meaning of mathematical symbols. For such an enhancement to happen, it is necessary to transform basic notions of semiotic theories to make them usable for mathematics education. In addition, it is also necessary to back theoretical claims with empirical data. This anthology attempts to deal with such a conjunction. Overall, this book can be used as a theoretical basis for further semiotic considerations as well as for the design of different ways of teaching mathematical concepts.

Mathematical Software
Mathematical Software

Author: Arjeh M. Cohen

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9789812380487

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Annotation The advent of mathematical software has been one of the most important events in mathematics. Mathematical software systems are used to construct examples, to prove theorems, and to find new mathematical phenomena. On the other hand, mathematical research often motivates developments of new algorithms and new systems. Mathematical software systems rely on the cooperation of mathematicians, designers of algorithms, and mathematical programmers. This book is aimed at software developers in mathematics and programming mathematicians, but it also provides opportunities to discuss the topics with mathematicians.

Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics
Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics

Author: Ehrhard Behrends

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-07-04

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 3642257100

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This collective book aims to encourage and inspire actions directed towards raising public awareness of the importance of mathematical sciences for our contemporary society in a cultural and historical perspective. Mathematical societies, in Europe and around the world, can find ideas, blueprints and suggestions for activities – including concerted actions with other international organizations – directed towards raising public awareness of science, technology and other fields where mathematics plays a strong role. The material is divided into four parts: • National experiences • Exhibitions / mathematical museums • Popularization activities • Popularization: why and how?

Cases on Technology Integration in Mathematics Education
Cases on Technology Integration in Mathematics Education

Author: Polly, Drew

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-09-30

Total Pages: 551

ISBN-13: 1466664983

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Common Core education standards establish a clear set of specific ideas and skills that all students should be able comprehend at each grade level. In an effort to meet these standards, educators are turning to technology for improved learning outcomes. Cases on Technology and Common Core Mathematics provides a compilation of cases and vignettes about the application of technology in the classroom in order to enhance student understanding of math concepts. This book is a timely reference source for mathematics educators, educational technologists, and school district leaders employed in the mathematics education or educational technology fields.

Mathematical Software - ICMS 2006
Mathematical Software - ICMS 2006

Author: Andres Iglesias

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-08-31

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 3540380868

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Congress on Mathematical Software, ICMS 2006. The book presents 45 revised full papers, carefully reviewed and selected for presentation. The papers are organized in topical sections on new developments in computer algebra packages, interfacing computer algebra in mathematical visualization, software for algebraic geometry and related topics, number-theoretical software, methods in computational number theory, free software for computer algebra, and general issues.