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Mary Vlastnik Armon Associate Professor Chair of the Department Office: SMC E-204 Office phone: 341-7324 Mailing address: Box K-1 Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401 E-Mail: marmon@knox.edu |
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Kevin Hastings Professor College Registrar Office: SMC E-213, SMC D-204 Office phone: 341-7438, 341-7203 Mailing address: Box K-55 Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401 E-Mail: khasting@knox.edu |
Research and Pedagogical Interests: I work in the areas of mathematics that concern themselves with the behavior of random systems. This includes the field of statistics, which uses randomly sampled data to try to draw conclusions about the population being sampled from; probability theory, which lays the groundwork for understanding the nature of randomness; stochastic processes, which studies how random systems evolve through time; and the field of finance, in which stochastic processes are used to model the behavior of financial assets. I have always found these research areas to be beautiful in their mathematical theory, and fascinating from the standpoint of their usefulness in the non-academic world.
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Andrew Leahy Associate Professor Office: SMC E-211 Office phone: 341-7439 Mailing address: Box K-110 Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401 E-Mail: aleahy@knox.edu Home page: http://math.knox.edu/aleahy AIM: aleahy44 |
Research and Pedagogical Interests: My interests are in history of mathematics and numerical methods. Currently, my major research work in history of mathematics has been devoted to producing a translation of James Gregory's Geometriae Pars Universalis. Most would be surprised to know that this 17th century geometry text contains the first published proof of the fundamental theorem of calculus (albeit in geometric form). Portions of this translation are available on-line here. (A rough draft of a translation of the remaining portions of the Geometriae Pars Universalis can be found here.) I also have a paper that explains some of these results in modern terms.
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Dennis Schneider Professor Office: SMC E-219 Office phone: 341-7420 Mailing address: Box K-143 Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401 E-Mail: dschneid@knox.edu |
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Pedro Teixeira Assistant Professor Office: SMC E-212 Office phone: 341-7749 Mailing address: Box K-114 Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401 E-Mail: pteixeir@knox.edu |
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William Wood Visiting Assistant Professor Office: SMC E-221 Office phone: 341-7894 Mailing address: Box K-121 Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401 E-Mail: wwood@knox.edu |
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