Math | Beyond the numbers: Logical problem solving

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- ICMC Results
  
  Chaim Hodges, Bruck Mulat, and Andrew Clemens competed April 8 as one of twenty-eight teams in the 2011 Indiana Colleges Mathematics Contest.
- Putnam Competition Results
  
  Three students represented Goshen College in the 71st William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
- Get to know Professor of Mathematics Patricia Oakley
  
  In addition to numbers, she loves spinning yarn, her Mac and gardening
- Mathematics and playing games
  
  Listen to this podcast from Professor Housman (5/17/10)
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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.

Course Descriptions
- Amy DeCelles
  
  Assistant Professor of Mathematics
- David Housman
  
  Department Chair
  Professor of Mathematics
- Patricia Oakley
  
  Professor of Mathematics, Full Sabbatical
- Kent Palmer
  
  Associate Professor of Informatics
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