This insightful Guide is meant to serve any and all interested in pursuing a career in mathematics education and research. The author’s goal and the book’s theme is to help students and others make a smooth transition to teachers and researchers of mathematics.
Part I presents helpful techniques on teaching and conducting research. This innovative book also offers strategies on how to observe from and develop research methods, carry out research, and begin writing research papers. It includes an introduction to LaTeX, the most widely used mathematics typesetting and rendering computer program.
Part II introduces some modern research in mathematics in various industries. The aim in is to expose the reader to modern applications and help him/her become acquainted with research papers and how to read and understand them.
Authored by a young teacher and researcher, also beginning her career, this book is written by and for young mathematicians. Most graduate students as she experienced, are not given a proper transitory introduction to research and are not taught the how in teaching, attending conferences and collaborating. The book is based on the author’s own observations and on techniques she has found effective.
Mathematics graduate students and those in related fields will find assistance to help them reflect on and advance their career pursuits. Advisors and mentors might also find useful suggestions here.
Table of Contents
Part I: Teaching and Conducting Research
Teaching
Research and the Publication Process
Conferences and Collaborations
Transition to Reading and Writing Research Papers
Preparing Documents in Latex
Part II: Modern Applications in Industry
PageRank in GoogleSpectrum of the Google Matrix
Schroedinger Equation in Laser Technology
Stochastic Navier-Stokes Equation in Fluids
Biography
Parisa Fatheddin holds a Ph.D from University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is currently a Senior Lecturer of Mathematics at Ohio State University, Marion. Her primary research area is in Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, in which she has contributed results published in Stochastic Analysis and Applications, Stochastic Processes and Applications, Journal of Applied Probability and Journal of Stochastic Analysis. She has completed Postdoctoral Fellowships at Air Force Institute of Technology and University of Pittsburgh.
