Computer Experiments in Differential Equations

一个由六个机构组成的联盟正在三年内举办一连串为期六个星期的工作坊，以加强数学系在发展和使用微分方程式的互动电脑实验方面的专业知识。财团成员包括康奈尔大学、哈维穆德学院、伦塞勒理工学院、圣奥拉夫学院、华盛顿州立大学和西谷学院。计算机项目被设计为独立于硬件/软件，旨在补充标准课程，以增加常微分方程式教学的另一个层面。每个研讨会的主要目标是培养教师在特定硬件/软件平台上的专业知识，以便他们能够在实验室环境中设计和使用交互式计算机实验。第二个目标是发展一个正在进行的联盟，以促进编写和评价微分方程式及其应用以及相关数学领域的计算机实验。

A consortia of six institutions is conducting a series of six week long workshops over a three year period to enhance the expertise of mathematics faculty in the development and use of interactive computer experiments in differential equations. Consortia members are Cornell University, Harvey Mudd College, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. Olaf College, Washington State University, and West Valley College. The computer projects are designed to be hardware/software independent and are intended to supplement standard courses in order to add another dimension to instruction in ordinary differential equations. The primary goal of each workshop is to develop faculty expertise on a particular hardware/software platform so that they can design and use interactive computer experiments in a laboratory environment. A second goal is to develop an ongoing Consortium to promote the writing and evaluation of computer experiments in differential equations and its applications as well as in related areas of mathematics.