Redefining the Mathematics Major

Alan Tucker
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Alan Tucker: State University of New York, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics

A chapter in Mathematics Tomorrow, 1981, pp 39-48 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Mathematical methods and thinking permeate virtually all aspects of business, government, and academia today to an extent few could have imagined a generation ago. This growth is manifested in the omnipresent role of computers in today’s world and in the use of mathematical models and statistical analysis to plan everything from medical treatment to political speeches. Mathematical terms, such as “parameter,” “hypothesis,” and “unknown variables,” have become part of the business jargon. It used to be that most college students took mathematics courses solely for the intellectual discipline of studying mathematics. (Many schools required every student to take either two years of mathematics or two years of a foreign language.) Today, courses in the mathematical sciences are an integral part of most college majors. Business students, for example, are frequently required to study statistics, linear programming, and calculus because this mathematics and its associated modes of reasoning are widely used in management.

Keywords: Mathematics Teacher; Pure Mathematic; Mathematical Science; Mathematics Student; Actuarial Science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8127-3_5

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