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Meet the faculty

- Erin Helmuth
  
  Erin Helmuth is a mathematics education major who graduated on April 28, 2013, has been an All-American race walker, and plans to teach high school mathematics starting this fall.
- Jon Kaasa
  
  Jon Kaasa is a first-year math and physics major from Norway who plays tennis for Goshen College.
- 2013 MCM Results
  
  Emily Fretz, Andy Clemens, and Daniel Fecher made "Brownies Beyond Compare."
- New Science and Math Scholarships
  
  David Housman is the Principle Investigator for a National Science Foundation grant awarded to Goshen College to provide student scholarships.
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Problem of the Week

For the Week of October 3

Money Palindromes Answer

Money Palindromes Answer During my last visit to the grocery store, I paid $13.31 — a palindrome centered on the period. What is the probability of having to pay an amount that is a palindrome centered on the period? Mohammad Rasoulipour gave the following answer: “There is only a possibility of palindromes centered on a [...]

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Goshen College’s mathematics program is designed to develop your ability to solve problems, make inferences, develop abstractions, analyze logically, model the real world, and use computer software.

At GC, experts will teach you in a variety of settings: In the classroom, laboratory, independent study and internships. Internships are geared individually to your interests and needs. For example, if you’re interested in computer programming, you could work with error analysis or statistics at a local business. Or if you’re interested in mathematical modeling in physics, you might work with GC physics faculty modeling the mechanics of hand bells.

GC math majors also have fun outside of the classroom as they compete in the Indiana Collegiate Mathematics Contest and the International Mathematical Competition in Modeling, attend conferences and host speakers.

More About Mathematics
Major in Mathematics / Minor in Mathematics

The study of mathematics is framed within the context of a Christian liberal arts environment that fosters critical and innovative thinking, promotes ethical awareness, views all disciplines as inter-disciplinary, develops an openness to other people and ideas, and prepares persons for a life of continued personal growth, development and learning.

Course Descriptions
- David Housman
  
  Department Chair
  Professor of Mathematics
- Patricia Oakley
  
  Professor of Mathematics
- Kent Palmer
  
  Associate Professor of Informatics
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Department of Math

Beyond the numbers: Logical problem solving

Goshen College

Erin Helmuth

Jon Kaasa

2013 MCM Results

New Science and Math Scholarships

Problem of the Week

For the Week of October 3

Money Palindromes Answer

David Housman

Patricia Oakley

Kent Palmer

Undergraduate Applicants

Graduate Students

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