MOST of us make use of mathematical ideas and processes to some extent, and many of us have wondered from time to time what these ideas and processes really were. What is the meaning of function, ...

SCREF copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. The Greco-Roman mathematician Claudius Ptolemy is one of the most significant figures in the history of science. He is remembered today for his astronomy, ...

The Undergraduate Catalog provides more details about each minor and the requirements, including a full list of courses offered by the department. The Applied Mathematics minor encourages students ...

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac Newton often referred to as simply the Principia (/pr?n?s?pi?, pr?n?k?pi?/), is a work expounding Newton's laws of motion and his law of ...

The MA in Philosophy will give you a thorough grounding in the core knowledge and skills required for philosophical research, while also allowing you to pursue your own philosophical interests in ...

Mathematics majors learn knowledge and awareness of topics such as basic real analysis of one variable, calculus of several variables and vector analysis, and the structure of mathematical proofs.

Joel David Hamkins is not a peripheral critic of artificial intelligence. He is a senior figure in mathematical logic whose career has unfolded inside some of the most demanding institutions and ...

If you’re interested in an economics degree but you’d like to take your learning to a deeper philosophical level, then this is the degree for you. Taught jointly by our world-leading philosophy and ...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Trena Wilkerson will be our opening speaker for the conference. Dr. Jim Olsen, in his 29th and final year at WIU, will be our closing speaker for the conference.

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