Mathematical Sciences: Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges' Summer Mathematics Program

数学科学：卡尔顿学院和圣奥拉夫学院的夏季数学课程

• 批准号: 9531237
• 负责人: Deanna Haunsperger
• 金额: $ 24.41万
• 依托单位: Carleton College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-04-01 至 1999-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9531237&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mathematical; Sciences; Carleton; St.; Olaf

Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges Summer Mathematics Program Mathematics faculty from Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges are engaged in an intensive four-week summer mathematics program for talented undergraduate women. Forty-eight young women will participate over the three years. The program is staffed by mathematicians who are active professionals and outstanding teachers. The students immerse themselves in mathematics, living and working in a supportive community of women scholars (undergraduates, graduates, and post-graduates) who are passionate about learning and doing mathematics. The program is intended to excite these young women about mathematics and mathematical careers, to provide them with the tools they will need to succeed in a mathematical career, and to connect them to a network of fellow female mathematicians. Students attend a lecture course which meets on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and a seminar which meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. The seminar has a small-group work time, led by a female teaching assistant, on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. In each of the classes, the students are introduced to fields of mathematics beyond calculus that students usually do not have the opportunity to study in a standard undergraduate mathematics program. Possible topics for these courses include algebraic coding theory, graph theory, combinatorics, game theory, and number theory. Through these courses, and the homework assigned in them, the students have an opportunity to improve their skills in conjecture and proof, written and oral expression, mathematical modelling, and library research. Each student will receive, at the close of the program, written evaluations of her performance and accomplishments from her instructors. Recreational problem solving is offered each Monday evening for those students who want to work on solving interesting problems. Four afternoons are devoted to teaching a number of computer applications, from the basics of everyday computer communication to the latest in mathematical computation. Use of the computer for communication and computation is a daily routine during the program. Each Tuesday afternoon there is a discussion on a topic pertaining to the students' continued scholarship: succeeding as a math major, career options, choosing and surviving a graduate program, and being a woman scientist. Each Tuesday and Thursday there is a colloquium on a stimulating area of mathematics. One Friday afternoon the students take a field trip to the Geometry Center in Minneapolis.

卡尔顿学院和圣奥拉夫学院夏季数学课程 卡尔顿学院和圣奥拉夫学院的数学教师正在为有才华的女本科生参加为期四周的强化夏季数学课程。 三年内将有四十八名年轻女性参加。 该项目的工作人员都是活跃的专业数学家和杰出的教师。 学生们沉浸在数学中，在一个由热衷于学习和做数学的女学者（本科生、研究生和研究生）组成的支持性社区中生活和工作。 该计划旨在激发这些年轻女性对数学和数学职业的兴趣，为她们提供在数学职业上取得成功所需的工具，并将她们与女性数学家同行联系起来。 学生参加周二和周四上午举行的讲座课程以及周一、周三和周五上午举行的研讨会。 研讨会在周一和周三下午有一个小组工作时间，由一名女助教领导。 在每个课程中，都会向学生介绍微积分以外的数学领域，而学生通常没有机会在标准本科数学课程中学习这些领域。 这些课程可能的主题包括代数编码理论、图论、组合学、博弈论和数论。 通过这些课程以及其中布置的作业，学生有机会提高猜想和证明、书面和口头表达、数学建模和图书馆研究方面的技能。 在课程结束时，每个学生都会收到导师对其表现和成就的书面评估。 每周一晚上为那些想要解决有趣问题的学生提供娱乐问题解决活动。 四个下午专门教授许多计算机应用，从日常计算机通信的基础知识到最新的数学计算。 使用计算机进行通信和计算是项目期间的日常工作。 每个星期二下午都会讨论与学生继续获得奖学金有关的主题：数学专业的成功、职业选择、研究生课程的选择和生存以及成为一名女科学家。 每个星期二和星期四都会有一次关于令人兴奋的数学领域的座谈会。 一个周五下午，学生们前往明尼阿波利斯的几何中心进行实地考察。