• Math Alumnus is Commencement Speaker

      Matthew Schrock, 2003 graduate in mathematics education, was the Concord High School Class of 2013 Faculty Commencement speaker.

    • 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."

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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.

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  • 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.

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