Park City Mathematics Institute 2008
Course Notes
Darryl Yong and Ben Sinwell with assistance from Bowen Kerins

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Applications of Algebra and Geometry to the Craft of Teaching: How do you generate Pythagorean triples? Scalene triangles with integer side-lengths and a 60-degree angle? Cubic polynomials with integer zeros and extreme points? Triangles on the Cartesian plane whose vertices have integer coordinates and whose side lengths are integers? A mathematical analysis of how to design problems that "come out nice" leads to investigations into foundational ideas from number theory, algebraic geometry, and analytic geometry. We'll use this theme as a springboard into investigations of the structure of different algebraic systems and geometric curves. This applied mathematics - choosing and designing tasks - is mathematics applied to the work teachers do.

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Applications of Algebra and Geometry to the Work of Teaching
published by American Mathematical Society

July 7, 2008
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July 14, 2008
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July 15, 2008
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July 16, 2008
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July 17, 2008
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July 21, 2008
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